Forging a Christian Order : South Carolina Baptists, Race, and Slavery, 1696-1860

Argues that eighteenth-century White Baptists in South Carolina used the Bible to fashion a Christian model of slavery that recognised the humanity of enslaved people while accentuating contrived racial differences. Over time this model evolved from a Christian practice of slavery to one that expounded on slavery as morally right.

• | : Kimberly Kellison
• | Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 30, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1621907597
• | ISBN-13: 9781621907596