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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