Hell Without Fires : Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative
ISBN: 9780813035994
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / UPF
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Religion;

Hell Without Fires examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a New Jerusalem, a place they could call home.

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