Lexington Books
Pages: 196
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66691-699-7 • Hardback • February 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66691-700-0 • eBook • January 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV),
History / General
Kevin D. Butler is associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Chapter 1 Northern and Antislavery Evangelicals in Missouri
Chapter 2 The Conjure Tradition in Missouri Slave Communities
Chapter 3 Saving Souls and Controlling Slaves: The White Church
Chapter 4“Nobody Know But Jesus”: The Development of Christianity in the African American Community
Chapter 5 African American Independent Churches and the Urban Environment
Kevin D. Butler’s Slavery, Religion, and Race in Antebellum Missouri: Freedom from Slavery and Freedom from Sin is a concise and clear treatment of slavery in antebellum Missouri. It expertly dissects the religious ideology and institutions of the region, while offering a compelling portrait of slavery and politics as well. The work is ideal for the classroom as it is pithy and cogent. Kevin Butler’s history would work well in undergraduate and graduate courses on Missouri history, antebellum slavery, religion in America, and even general courses on the history of enslavement.
— Missouri Historical Review