Black Puritan, Black Republican

The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Born in Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes was first an indentured servant, then a soldier in the Continental Army, and, in 1785, an ordained congregational minister. Haynes's writings constitute the fullest record of a black man's religion, social thought, and opposition to slavery in the late-18th and early-19th century. Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sourcess, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-01-16
Mått174 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieReligion in America
Antal sidor248
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195157178

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In Haynes we have a significant but neglected figure whose life and writings link theology, republicanism, and abolitionism in ways that challenge prevailing notions of religion and republican ideology in the revolutionary and early national period. Haynes was a free man of color, minister, and author, steeped in Edwardsean Calvinism, who came of age to the shot heard round the world and the Declaration of Independence. He forged these seemingly diverse strands into a black critique of a slaveholding society that professed liberty and inalienable rights. Saillant has done a wonderful job of making Haynes' stance understandable and compelling.