Janet Duitsman Cornelius - When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South
Here you can read online Janet Duitsman Cornelius - When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 1992, publisher: University of South Carolina Press, genre: Religion. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
Book:
When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South
When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Janet Duitsman Cornelius: author's other books
Who wrote When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
"When I Can Read My Title Clear" : Literacy, Slavery, and Religion in the Antebellum South
author
:
Cornelius, Janet Duitsman.
publisher
:
University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0872498719
print isbn13
:
9780872498716
ebook isbn13
:
9780585322919
language
:
English
subject
Slavery--United States--History, Literacy--United States--History, Slaves--Education--United States, Slavery and the church--United States, Education--Social aspects--United States.
publication date
:
1991
lcc
:
E443.C7 1991eb
ddc
:
305.5/67/0973
subject
:
Slavery--United States--History, Literacy--United States--History, Slaves--Education--United States, Slavery and the church--United States, Education--Social aspects--United States.
Page iii
"When I Can Read My Title Clear"
Literacy, Slavery, and Religion in the Antebellum South
Janet Duitsman Cornelius
Page iv
Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Cover photo: "Aunt Betsy's Cabin in Aiken, South Carolina," stereographic view by J. A. Palmer, circa 1856. Courtesy of The New-York Historical Society, New York
Copyright 1991 University of South Carolina
Manufactured in the United States of America
99 98 97 96 95 7 6 5 4 3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cornelius, Janet Duitsman. "When I can read my title clear" : literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South / Janet Duitsman Cornelius p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87249-871-9 (pbk.) 1. SlaveryUnited StatesHistory. 2. LiteracyUnited States History. 3. Slaves-EducationUnited States. 4. Slavery and the churchUnited States. 5. EducationSocial aspectsUnited States. I. Title E44.C7 1991 305.5'67'0973dc20 90-28086
Page v
This book is dedicated with gratitude to my mother and my father, Mary Ellen Michael Duitsman and Heye John Duitsman
Page vii
"I found a Hymn book one day and spelled out, 'When I Can Read My Title Clear.' I was so happy when I saw that I could really read, that I ran around telling all the other slaves." Belle Myers Carothers Federal Writers Project Interviews
When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to ev'ry fear, and wipe my weeping eyes. Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurl'd, Then I can smile at Satan's rage And face a frowning world. Let cares, like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n, my all: There shall I bathe my weary soul, In seas of heav'nly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. The Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D.
Page ix
Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
Chapter One Slaves, Religion and Reading in Early North America
11
Chapter Two South Carolina: Repression and Protest
37
Chapter Three Slave Testimony: "We Slipped and Learned to Read"
59
Chapter Four "The Onliest One Who Could Read the Bible": Southern Black Leadership in Literacy and Religion
85
Chapter Five "Bible Slavery": The White Role in Slave Literacy
105
Chapter Six "Only the Bible Can Save Us": Literacy and National Survival
125
Page x
Epilogue: Black Literacy in the Aftermath of War
142
Notes
151
Bibliography
178
Index
205
Page xi
Acknowledgments
This study has spanned almost two decades and its completion owes a great deal to many people. Robert McColley of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first suggested the study of slavery as a dissertation topic and supervised my doctoral project, an examination of southern white missionaries to the slaves in the immediate antebellum period. Dissertation research began to uncover for me the rich source materials in black literacy and in the black church. My decision to research literacy in the slave community more thoroughly was facilitated by a National Endowment for the Humanities year-long Seminar for College Teachers in 198081, directed by Harold Pfautz at Brown University. Professor Pfautz, his Brown University colleagues, and my fellow seminarians during that wonderful year away from community college teaching responsibilities helped me to develop and focus my research. A National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar at Princeton in 1984 conducted by Albert Raboteau and David Wills on the topic of African-American religion further stimulated ideas and insights into the African-American slave experience. My research into black and white communities during slavery has long been encouraged by Vernon Burton. He and Edmund Drago provided valuable comments and encouragement in their thorough readings of my
Similar books «When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South»
Look at similar books to When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Reviews about «When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South»
Discussion, reviews of the book When I can read my title clear: literacy, slavery, and religion in the antebellum South and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.
