Description: Further DetailsTitle: Denmark Vesey's BibleCondition: NewSubtitle: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on TrialISBN-10: 0691259313EAN: 9780691259314ISBN: 9780691259314Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/09/2024Description: A timely and provocative account of the Bible’s role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slaveryOn July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man, was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. He was convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection against slaveholders in US history. Witnesses claimed that Vesey appealed to numerous biblical texts to promote and justify the revolt. While sentencing Vesey to death, Lionel Henry Kennedy, a magistrate at the trial, accused Vesey not only of treason but also of “attempting to pervert the sacred words of God into a sanction for crimes of the blackest hue.” Denmark Vesey’s Bible tells the story of this momentous trial, examining the role of scriptural interpretation in the deadly struggle against American white supremacy and its brutal enforcement.Jeremy Schipper brings the trial and its aftermath vividly to life, drawing on court documents, personal letters, sermons, speeches, and editorials. He shows how Vesey compared people of African descent with enslaved Israelites in the Bible, while his accusers portrayed plantation owners as benevolent biblical patriarchs responsible for providing religious instruction to the enslaved. What emerges is an explosive portrait of an antebellum city in the grips of racial terror, violence, and contending visions of biblical truth.Shedding light on the uses of scripture in America’s troubled racial history, Denmark Vesey’s Bible draws vital lessons from a terrible moment in the nation’s past, enabling us to confront racism and religious discord today with renewed urgency and understanding.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Jeremy SchipperGenre: BiographyTopic: Social Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Denmark Vesey's Bible
Title: Denmark Vesey's Bible
Subtitle: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial
ISBN-10: 0691259313
EAN: 9780691259314
ISBN: 9780691259314
Release Date: 04/09/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Biography
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Denmark Vesey's Bible : the Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Slavery, United States / 19th Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), African American
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Jeremy Schipper
Item Width: 7.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
