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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 black churches as having always been politically engaged. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing the freedom of their souls to worship as they saw fit—and to participate in society completely in the evolving landscape of emancipation. Freedpeople, for both evangelical and electoral reasons, were well aware of the significance of the physical territory they occupied, and they sought to organize the geographies that they could in favor of their religious and political agendas at the outset of Reconstruction. As emancipation included opportunities to purchase properties, establish black families, and reconfigure gender roles, the ministry became predominantly male, a development that affected not only discourses around family life but also the political project of crafting, defining, and teaching freedom. After freedmen obtained the right to vote, an array of black-controlled institutions increasingly became centers for political organizing on the basis of networks that mirrored those established earlier by church associations. We are proud to announce that this book will also be published as an enhanced open-access e-book on a companion website hosted by Fulcrum, an innovative publishing platform launched by Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. The Fulcrum version of the book can be located using this link: https://doi.org/10.5149/9781469655253_Turner.
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Keywords
- 19th century African American History
- African American Political History
- African American Religious History
- African Americans Church History
- African Americans in Virginia
- Baptist church history in Virginia
- Black & Asian studies
- black church history
- Black church studies
- Black manhood and womanhood
- Christian communities & monasticism
- Christian institutions & organizations
- christianity
- Church history, 1700-1899
- Emancipation in Virginia
- Episcopal Church history in Virginia
- ethnic studies
- Gender and race
- History
- History of Black churches
- history of Christianity
- History of the Americas
- Humanities
- Race relations in postemancipation south
- Reconstruction in Virginia
- Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church History
- Regional & national history
- Religion & beliefs
- Social groups
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- theological education
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DOI: 10.5149/9781469655246_TurnerEditions