When Slavery Was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War

by John Patrick Daly

Book Overview

" Honorable Mention, 2003 Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship When Slavery Was Called Freedom uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. John Patrick Daly dissects the evangelical defense of slavery at the heart of the nineteenth century's sectional crisis. He brings a new understanding to the role of religion in the Old South and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190932
• ISBN13: 9780813190938
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher