Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855
by
Cheryl C. Boots
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
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...