Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833Oxford University Press, 2002 M12 12 - 248 pages Born in Connecticut, Lemuel Haynes was first an indentured servant, then a soldier in the Continental Army, and, in 1785, an ordained congregational minister. Haynes's writings constitute the fullest record of a black man's religion, social thought, and opposition to slavery in the late-18th and early-19th century. Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sources, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought. |
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... Haynes felt the ground shifting under him. His political affiliations were to the Federalist Party, not the ... noted, mandating the acceptance of foreigners, servants, and slaves into the body of the faithful—that acceptance was the very ...
... Haynes felt the ground shifting under him. His political affiliations were to the Federalist Party, not the ... noted, mandating the acceptance of foreigners, servants, and slaves into the body of the faithful—that acceptance was the very ...
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... Note on the Use of Scripture Lemuel Haynes was familiar with the King James Version of the Bible. He usually quoted ... noting the import they had for antislavery or proslavery views, I prefer the past tense. I hope readers will forgive ...
... Note on the Use of Scripture Lemuel Haynes was familiar with the King James Version of the Bible. He usually quoted ... noting the import they had for antislavery or proslavery views, I prefer the past tense. I hope readers will forgive ...
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... Haynes told and retold the story all his life.22 Another remembrance was the temptation of skepticism and ... noted, with humor, that it became his job to accompany his mistress to services conducted by a more moderate Calvinist minister, yet ...
... Haynes told and retold the story all his life.22 Another remembrance was the temptation of skepticism and ... noted, with humor, that it became his job to accompany his mistress to services conducted by a more moderate Calvinist minister, yet ...
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... Haynes wrote that it would have been as likely that a slave would have ... noted, “Men seem to manifest the most sanguine resolution not to Let their ... Haynes reasoned, than Americans could have been expected to remain subordinate to ...
... Haynes wrote that it would have been as likely that a slave would have ... noted, “Men seem to manifest the most sanguine resolution not to Let their ... Haynes reasoned, than Americans could have been expected to remain subordinate to ...
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... Haynes's conclusion about blacks followed easily. An “affrican,” he wrote ... noted in commingling Scripture and republican thought, so “a mans Couler ... Haynes was never a slave, though he almost certainly encountered black New ...
... Haynes's conclusion about blacks followed easily. An “affrican,” he wrote ... noted in commingling Scripture and republican thought, so “a mans Couler ... Haynes was never a slave, though he almost certainly encountered black New ...
Contents
Republicanism Black and White | |
The Divine Providence of Slavery and Freedom | |
Making and Breaking the Revolutionary Covenant | |
American Genesis American Captivity | |
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