Denmark Vesey's Bible : the thwarted revolt that put slavery and scripture on trial / Jeremy Schipper.
2022
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Author
Title
Denmark Vesey's Bible : the thwarted revolt that put slavery and scripture on trial / Jeremy Schipper.
Imprint
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Description
1 online resource (xxxiv, 181 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Formatted Contents Note
Timeline of major events
Preface - Introduction: Crimes of the blackest hue
He shall surely be put to death
By the mouth of witnesses
With fear and trembling
Now profitable
They shall be your bondmen forever
For he is his money - Epilogue: No respecter of persons - Appendix.
Preface - Introduction: Crimes of the blackest hue
He shall surely be put to death
By the mouth of witnesses
With fear and trembling
Now profitable
They shall be your bondmen forever
For he is his money - Epilogue: No respecter of persons - Appendix.
Summary
"This book provides a historical reconstruction of a famous trial in the antebellum American South in which the Bible was invoked alternatively by the prosecution and the defense as both a pro- and antislavery text"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2022).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Schipper, Jeremy. Denmark Vesey's Bible Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022
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Language
English
ISBN
0691212678 electronic book
9780691212678 (electronic book)
9780691192864 hardcover alkaline paper
9780691212678 (electronic book)
9780691192864 hardcover alkaline paper
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