Slavery and Methodism
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Donald G. Mathews
About this book
The growing appeal of abolitionism and its increasing success in converting Americans to the antislavery cause, a generation before the Civil War, is clearly revealed in this book on the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The moral character of the antislavery movement is stressed.
Originally published in 1965.
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Frontmatter
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PREFACE
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CONTENTS
xi - PART I. THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY
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I. COMPROMISE AND CONSCIENCE: The Church and Slavery 1780–1816
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II. COMPROMISE CONFIRMED: The Sectional Adjustment to Slavery 1808–1830
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III. THE SOUTHERN COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: The Mission to the Slaves 1824–1844
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IV. THE GENTEEL COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: Methodists and Colonization 1824-1844
88 - PART II. THE CHURCH AND ABOLITION
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V. THE RADICAL ALTERNATIVE TO COMPROMISE: The Rise of Methodist Abolitionism 1832–1836
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VI. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: The Abolitionists and the North 1836–1839
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VII. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: North and South 1836–1840
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VIII. REALIGNMENT OF ALTERNATIVES: The Conservatives Discover Antislavery without Abolitionism 1840–1844
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IX. CHOICE AND DISJUNCTION: The General Conference of 1844
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EPILOGUE: Of Slavery and Morality
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APPENDIX
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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