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 Drawing on both published and rare unpublished sources, John Saillant here offers the first comprehensive study of Haynes and his thought.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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The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833 John Saillant. Lemuel Haynes Introduction Lemuel Haynes's religious faith and social views are better.
The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833 John Saillant. Lemuel Haynes Introduction Lemuel Haynes's religious faith and social views are better.
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... faith and social views are better documented than those of any African American born before the luminaries of the mid-nineteenth century. Born in 1753, Haynes began producing mature compositions in the mid-1770s, years in which he ...
... faith and social views are better documented than those of any African American born before the luminaries of the mid-nineteenth century. Born in 1753, Haynes began producing mature compositions in the mid-1770s, years in which he ...
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... faith. Salvation for individuals was promised, Haynes continued, under that covenant, none other. The indwelling spirit of the New Testament could save no one, Haynes argued, without conformance to the Abrahamic covenant. Abraham's ...
... faith. Salvation for individuals was promised, Haynes continued, under that covenant, none other. The indwelling spirit of the New Testament could save no one, Haynes argued, without conformance to the Abrahamic covenant. Abraham's ...
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... faith, theology, and hermeneutics—as the cure for slavery and as the essence of a postslavery society in a time when Americans, including African Americans, were readjusting the forces of unity and the forces of difference in their ...
... faith, theology, and hermeneutics—as the cure for slavery and as the essence of a postslavery society in a time when Americans, including African Americans, were readjusting the forces of unity and the forces of difference in their ...
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... faith in God, and the governance of a fair society. Scripture, abolitionism, and republicanism all colored Haynes's essay, which was at heart a protest against the fact that the slave trade and slavery denied blacks their natural rights ...
... faith in God, and the governance of a fair society. Scripture, abolitionism, and republicanism all colored Haynes's essay, which was at heart a protest against the fact that the slave trade and slavery denied blacks their natural rights ...
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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