Before the American Civil War, men and women who imagined a multiracial American society (social visionaries) included Protestant sacred music in their speeches and writings. Music affirmed the humanity and equality of Indians, whites and blacks and validated blacks and Indians as Americans. In contrast to dominant voices of white racial privilege, social visionaries criticized republican hypocrisy and Christian hypocrisy. Many social visionaries wrote hymns, transcending racial lines and creating a sense of equality among singers and their audience. Singing and reading Protestant sacred music encouraged community formation that led to American human rights activism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
9 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7259-8 (9780786472598)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Cheryl C. Boots is a retired Boston University Humanities and American Studies faculty member living and writing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She continues racial justice work with community groups in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ?ix
Introduction: Recovering the Lost Soundtrack of American Social Visionaries ?1
1.?Seeing Children of God or Children of the Devil in Massachusetts Bay ?11
2.?Singing Nonconformist and Anglican Hymns in the 18th Century ?26
3.?Asserting Racial Equality with Sacred Verse in Early America ?43
4.?Debating Blacks' and Indians' Humanity in the Early Republic ?66
5.?Affirming the Humanity of Early--Antebellum Blacks and Indians ?79
6.?Making Space for Indians in Early Antebellum Fiction, or Not ?103
7.?Struggling to Enlist Support for the Cherokee People ?132
8.?Legitimating Black Emancipation with Blacks' Voices ?153
9.?Singing Communities and the American Anti--Slavery Society ?179
10.?Making Space for Blacks in Late Antebellum American Fiction ?203
Conclusion: Tracing the Legacy of Sacred Music and American Racial Equality ?234
Appendix: Hymn Tunes Available Online ?245
Chapter Notes ?247
Bibliography ?261
Index ?266
