Descript |
xi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : "Biblical traditions that call for liberation" -- "The only parallel" : the Puritan revolution as England's exodus -- "God's favourite people" : the revolutions of 1688 and 1776 -- "Pretended votaries of freedom" : the rise of Protestant antislavery to 1807 -- "Yours for the jubilee" : the abolitionists' scriptural imagination, 1808-1865 -- "When Israel was in Egyptland" : black exodus politics, 1808-1865 -- "I have seen the promised land" : the persistence of deliverance politics, 1865-2008 -- Conclusion : sacred texts, godly readers, and historical change. |
ISBN |
9780199334223 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0199334226 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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