Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion in the
Old South is challenged in this significant book. The eight essays
included here show that throughout the antebellum period, southern
whites and blacks worshipped together, heard the same sermons, took
communion and were baptized together, were subject to the same
church discipline, and were buried in the same cemeteries. What was
the black perception of white-controlled religious ceremonies? How
did whites reconcile their faith with their racism? Why did
freedmen, as soon as possible after the Civil War, withdraw from
the biracial churches and establish black denominations? This book
is essential reading for historians of religion, the South, and the
Afro-American experience.
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