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Disappointed with the purely secular tone of the earlier West
Indian histories, Thomas Coke concentrated on the history of the
missions in the Caribbean. This work was written immediately after
the abolition of slavery, but 25 years before emancipation, and
based on a wealth of documentation.
Disappointed with the purely secular tone of the earlier West
Indian histories, Thomas Coke concentrated on the history of the
missions in the Caribbean. Written immediately after the abolition
of slavery, but 25 years before emancipation, and based on a wealth
of documentation - including much from records that no longer exist
- this work has become a classic account of the early Protestant
missions.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT071980London: printed by J. Paramore, for T.
Scollick, and sold by all other booksellers in town and country,
1785. 22p.; 12
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