THE ORIGINS OF PROSLAVERY CHRISTIANITY

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Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery. As Charles Irons persuasively argues, white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals. --from publisher description

subjects: African Americans,  Evangelicalism,  History,  Influence,  Political aspects of Evangelicalism,  Religion,  Religious life,  Slavery and the church,  Slaves,  Turner, nat, 1800?-1831,  African americans, religion,  African americans, virginia,  African americans, southern states,  Slaves, united states

People: Nat Turner (1800?-1831)

Places: Southern States,  Virginia