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Physical Description:xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. print
Publisher:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-228) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A Further Liberty in 1776 -- Republicanism Black and White -- The Divine Providence of Slavery and Freedom -- Making and Breaking the Revolutionary Covenant -- American Genesis, American Captivity.
Summary, etc.:
Born in Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes was first an indentured servant, then a soldier in the Continental Army, and, in 1785, an ordained congregational minister. Haynes's writings constitute the fullest record of a black man's religion, social thought, and opposition to slavery in the late-18th and early-19th century. Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sourcess, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought.