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.