Race and redemption in Puritan New England / Richard A. Bailey.

Author
Bailey, Richard A. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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1 online resource (208 p.)

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As colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a ""citty upon a hill."" Living the godly life preached by Winthrop would have proved difficult even had these puritans inhabited the colonies alone, but this was not the case: this new landscape included colonists from Europe, indigenous Americans, and enslaved Africans. In Race and Redemption in Puritan New England, Richard A. Bailey investigates the ways that colonial New Englanders used, constructed, and re-constructed their puritanism to make sense of their new realities. A
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Note on the Text; Introduction: "Neither Bond nor Free": New Englanders, Race, and Redemption; 1. Laying the Foundation for "a Citty upon a Hill": Faith, Works, Covenant, and Colonialism; 2. When Image Unmakes the Man: The Consequences of Thinking about the Colors and Capabilities of "Others,"; 3. "I Am Come into the Light": Confessions of Faith, Sermons, and Ventriloquism; 4. "We Are Not to Make Asses of Our Servants": Exercising Authority over New Englanders of Color
  • 5. "The Art of Coyning Christians": Redeeming Self and "Others" in Puritan New EnglandEpilogue: The Happy Day Refuses to Come; Notes; Bibliography; Index
ISBN
  • 0-19-937782-0
  • 0-19-971062-7
  • 1-283-60960-6
  • 0-19-998718-1
  • 9786613922052
OCLC
815390067
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