The End of Days: African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation

by Matthew Harper

Book Overview

For 4 million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. In this book, Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners' theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every major economic and political decision they made in the aftermath of emancipation. From considering what demands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469668718
• ISBN13: 9781469668710
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"