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A remarkable source of primary history, "The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States" is a work by slave master and Presbyterian minister, Charles Colcock Jones.Originally published in 1842, Jones sets out a history of the African slave trade, as well as his... Read Full Overview

2019 Reprint of 1842 Edition. Charles Colcock Jones' The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States is an dramatic call for the white ministers and slaveowners to attend to the spiritual needs of slaves and free blacks. The book is broken into four parts. The... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

In "The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States," Charles Colcock Jones presents a critical examination of the intersection of religion, race, and society during the antebellum period. Through a series of essays and polemics, Jones advocates for the spiritual... Read Full Overview

This work is an extended exhortation urging white ministers and slaveowners to attend to the spiritual needs of slaves and free blacks.

The book is broken into four parts. The first part is an historical sketch of slavery in the Colonies and the United States,... Read Full Overview

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. (1804 -1863) was a Presbyterian clergyman, educator, missionary, and planter of Liberty County, Georgia. While in the North, Jones agonized over the morality of owning slaves, but he returned to Liberty County to become a planter and a missionary... Read Full Overview

""The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States"" is a historical book written by Charles Colcock Jones in 1842. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the religious practices and beliefs of African American slaves in the United States during the early 19th... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

The religious instruction of the Negroes, . A sermon, delivered before associations of planters in Liberty and M'Intosh Counties, Georgia. This book, "The religious instruction of the Negroes", by Charles Colcock Jones, is a replication of a book originally published before 1832... Read Full Overview