Dividing the Faith: The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North

by Richard Boles

Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches

Phillis Wheatley was stolen from her family in Senegambia, and, in 1761, slave traders transported her to Boston, Massachusetts, to be sold. She was purchased by the Wheatley family who treated Phillis far better than most eighteenth-century slaves could hope, and she received a thorough education while still, of course,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479803189
• ISBN13: 9781479803187
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"