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Auteur(s) : Dundas, Steven L.
Titre(s) : Mine eyes have seen the glory [Texte imprimé] : religion and the politics of race in the Civil War era and beyond / Steven L. Dundas
Publication : Lincoln (Neb.) : Potomac Books, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXIII-393 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 339-372. Bibliogr. p. 373-385. Index
"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is the epic story of how religion and racial ideology
influenced slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, and today's struggle for
civil rights" ; "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a hard-hitting history of the impact
of racism and religion on the political, social, and economic development of the American
nation from Jamestown to today, in particular the nefarious effects of slavery on
U.S. society and history. Going back to England's rise as a colonial power and its
use of slavery in its American colonies, Steven L. Dundas examines how racism and
the institution of slavery influenced the political and social structure of the United
States, beginning with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Dundas tackles the debates over the Constitution's three-fifths solution on how to
count Black Americans as both property and people, the expansion of the republic and
slavery, and the legislation enacted to preserve the Union, including the Missouri
Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act-as well as their disastrous
consequences.Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory squarely faces how racism and religion
influenced individual and societal debates over slavery, Manifest Destiny, secession,
and civil war. Dundas deals with the struggle for abolition, emancipation, citizenship,
and electoral franchise for Black Americans, and the fierce and often violent rollback
following Reconstruction's end, the Civil Rights Movement, and the social and political
implications today. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is the story of perpetrators, victims,
and bystanders; slaves and slaveholders; preachers, politicians, and propagandists;
fire-eaters and firebrands; civil rights leaders and champions of white supremacy;
and the ordinary people in the South and the North whose lives were impacted by it
all. "
Sujet(s) : Esclavage -- Religion -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Relations interethniques -- Religion -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Religion et État -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Histoire religieuse -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.71 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865 - Histoire sociale, politique, économique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781640124882 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47131722q
Notice n° :
FRBNF47131722
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Table des matières : Preface: The first duty ; America's original sin : slavery from 1619-1790 ; A struggle
to the death : war cannot be separated from ideology, politics, or religion ; I hate
them with perfect hatred : religion, ideology, and modern war ; They shall be your
bond-men forever : human beings as property ; The privilege of belonging to the superior
race : slavery and national expansion ; A gross violation of a sacred pledge : collapse
of the Whig Party ; I will be heard! : religion, ideology, and the abolitionist movement
; An institution sanctioned by God : Southern religious support of slavery ; The
triumphs of Christianity rest on slavery : holy warriors at the forefront ; With
God as our champion : the Confederate union of church and state ; They have closed
the heavy doors : the Dred Scott decision ; Portents hang on all the arches of the
horizon : the bloody battle for Kansas ; General Jackson is dead : the Lecompton
constitution controversy ; Cuba must be ours : fire-eaters and filibusters spread
slavery ; The final kingdom has arisen : hubris and fanaticism bring on the war
; The South will never submit : Lincoln and the choice for secession and war ; Whom
the gods intend to destroy : the madness of Southern extremists ; The heather is
on fire : politics, religion, and war ; Sound the loud timbrel : the Emancipation
Proclamation ; I knew what I was fighting for : Black soldiers in the Civil War and
after ; Reconstruction and redemption : the failure to win the peace ; The failure
of will : Reconstruction's end and return to white rule ; A new religion : the noble
Confederacy and the lost cause ; Epilogue: The past is always present.
