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Turner, Nicole Myers, author.
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African American churches -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
African American churches -- Political activity -- Virginia.
African American Christians -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
African American Christians -- Political activity -- Virginia.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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Soul liberty : the e...
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Soul liberty : the evolution of Black religious politics in postemancipation Virginia / Nicole Myers Turner.
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Turner, Nicole Myers, author.
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects
African American churches -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
African American churches -- Political activity -- Virginia.
African American Christians -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
African American Christians -- Political activity -- Virginia.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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9781469655222 hardcover alkaline paper
1469655225 hardcover alkaline paper
9781469655239 paperback alkaline paper
1469655233 paperback alkaline paper
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xx, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Making a new religious freedom -- Independent black church conventions, 1866-1868 -- Religion, race, and gender at the congregational level -- Theological education, race relations, and gender, 1875-1882 -- Politics of engagement.
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"That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of always-already-politically engaged black churches. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing independent churches, religious freedom, political engagement, and justice to the evolving landscape of emancipation"--
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