03609nam 2200613 450 991082537420332120210506024721.01-4008-7901-910.1515/9781400879014(CKB)3710000000497719(EBL)4071152(OCoLC)966910352(MdBmJHUP)muse49526(DE-B1597)468542(OCoLC)959918961(OCoLC)999378912(DE-B1597)9781400879014(Au-PeEL)EBL4071152(CaPaEBR)ebr11163079(CaONFJC)MIL846681(OCoLC)947128497(MiAaPQ)EBC4071152(EXLCZ)99371000000049771920160316h19651965 uy 0engurnnu---|u||urdacontentrdamediardacarrierSlavery and methodism a chapter in American morality, 1780-1845 /Donald G. MathewsPrinceton University Press :Princeton, New Jersey,1965.©19651 online resource (342 p.)Princeton Legacy Library ;2352Description based upon print version of record.0-691-62425-9 0-691-04564-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --PREFACE --CONTENTS --PART I. THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY --I. COMPROMISE AND CONSCIENCE: The Church and Slavery 1780-1816 --II. COMPROMISE CONFIRMED: The Sectional Adjustment to Slavery 1808-1830 --III. THE SOUTHERN COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: The Mission to the Slaves 1824-1844 --IV. THE GENTEEL COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: Methodists and Colonization 1824-1844 --PART II. THE CHURCH AND ABOLITION --V. THE RADICAL ALTERNATIVE TO COMPROMISE: The Rise of Methodist Abolitionism 1832-1836 --VI. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: The Abolitionists and the North 1836-1839 --VII. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: North and South 1836-1840 --VIII. REALIGNMENT OF ALTERNATIVES: The Conservatives Discover Antislavery without Abolitionism 1840-1844 --IX. CHOICE AND DISJUNCTION: The General Conference of 1844 --EPILOGUE: Of Slavery and Morality --APPENDIX --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEXThe growing appeal of abolitionism and its increasing success in converting Americans to the antislavery cause, a generation before the Civil War, is clearly revealed in this book on the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The moral character of the antislavery movement is stressed. Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.Princeton Legacy LibrarySlavery and the churchUnited StatesSlavery and the churchMethodist Episcopal ChurchSlavery and the churchSlavery and the churchMethodist Episcopal Church.241.6750973Mathews Donald G.218053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825374203321Slavery and methodism1368754UNINA