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 Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sources, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought.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 was a surrogate child, even the most favored one. “Deacon David Rose,” Haynes wrote, “was a man of singular piety. I was taught the principles of religion. His wife, my mistress, had peculiar attachment to me: she treated me as ...
... Haynes was a surrogate child, even the most favored one. “Deacon David Rose,” Haynes wrote, “was a man of singular piety. I was taught the principles of religion. His wife, my mistress, had peculiar attachment to me: she treated me as ...
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... Haynes told and retold the story all his life.22 Another remembrance was the temptation of skepticism and ... wrote thankfully that he had survived “the dangerous season of life,” “the perilous period of life,” the teenage years, “when the ...
... Haynes told and retold the story all his life.22 Another remembrance was the temptation of skepticism and ... wrote thankfully that he had survived “the dangerous season of life,” “the perilous period of life,” the teenage years, “when the ...
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... Haynes reproved the two reprobates. The justice of his comments came when ... write—responding to the engagement at Lexington between the patriots and the ... composed an essay he titled “Liberty Further Extended: Or free thoughts on the ...
... Haynes reproved the two reprobates. The justice of his comments came when ... write—responding to the engagement at Lexington between the patriots and the ... composed an essay he titled “Liberty Further Extended: Or free thoughts on the ...
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... Haynes criticized the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery with language and standards he drew from the Bible ... wrote, “is an innate principle, which is unmovebly placed in the human Species.” As a gift from God, “liberty is a jewel,” ...
... Haynes criticized the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery with language and standards he drew from the Bible ... wrote, “is an innate principle, which is unmovebly placed in the human Species.” As a gift from God, “liberty is a jewel,” ...
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... wrote. Using a homely analogy that conveyed his feelings about slavery as well as, certainly, those of many of his contemporaries both black and white, Haynes wrote that it would have been as likely that a slave would have passively ...
... wrote. Using a homely analogy that conveyed his feelings about slavery as well as, certainly, those of many of his contemporaries both black and white, Haynes wrote that it would have been as likely that a slave would have passively ...
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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