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Hardcover Wrestlin' Jacob: A Portrait of Religion in the Old South Book

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ISBN13: 9780804210898

Wrestlin' Jacob: A Portrait of Religion in the Old South

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An important introduction to the efforts of whites to evangelize African Americans in the antebellum South First published in 1979, Wrestlin' Jacob offers important insights into the intersection of black and white religious history in the South. Erskine Clarke provides two arenas--one urban and one rural--that show what happened when white ministers tried to bring black slaves into the fold of Christianity. Clarke illustrates how the good intentions--and...

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Good Intentions- Vain Illusions

Wrestlin' Jacob: A Portrait of Religion in Antebellum Georgia and the Carolina Low Country. By Clarke, Erskine. First published in 1979, Wrestlin' Jacob offers important insights into the intersection of black and white religious history in the South. Erskine Clarke provides two arenas -- one urban and one rural -- that show what happened when white ministers tried to bring black slaves into the fold of Christianity...

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