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Subject(s)

• Bible—Quotations [Browse]
• Jamaica—History—Insurrection, 1865 [Browse]
• Jamaica—Race relations—History—19th century [Browse]
• Rhetoric—Political aspects—Jamaica—History—19th century [Browse]
• Rhetoric—Religious aspects—Christianity [Browse]
• Bible and politics—Jamaica—History—19th century [Browse]
• Jamaica—Religion [Browse]

Series

Histories of slavery and its global legacies

Summary note

"This book tells the story of the Bible's role in Jamaica's 1865 Morant Bay rebellion and the international debates then occupying the Atlantic world. It will interest students and scholars of African-American history, Atlantic history, biblical studies, religious studies, and Caribbean history"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• "These things happened" : the rebellion
• "Skin for skin" : Paul Bogle
• "A good fight" : George William Gordon
• "Dead, yet speaketh" : Robert Johnson
• "Least of these" : Eliza Wigham
• "Produce your cause" : the Bible.

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Other title(s)

Bible and the Morant Bay rebellion in the Atlantic world

ISBN

• 9781009575409
• 1009575406 (hardcover)
• 9781009575423 (paperback)
• 1009575422 (paperback)

LCCN

2024059026

OCLC

1482260255

Other standard number

• CIPO000232758

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