Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833

by John Saillant

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 Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sources, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195157176
• ISBN13: 9780195157178
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.0"