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Iain Whyte - Send Back the Money!: The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery - 9780227173893 - V9780227173893
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Send Back the Money!: The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery

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Description for Send Back the Money!: The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery Paperback. .
'Send Back the Money!' is a thorough and gripping examination of a fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is exposed by Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery 'Send back the Money!' campaign named after 'the hue and cry of the day' that encapsulated the argument that divided families, communities, and the Free Church itself. This examination of the Free Church's involvement with American Presbyterianism in the nineteenth century reveals the ethical furore caused by a Church wishing to emancipate ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227173893
SKU
V9780227173893
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Iain Whyte
Iain Whyte is the President of the Scottish Church History Society and an Honorary Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh for his work in the history of slavery and abolition. He is the author of Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery 1756-1838.

Reviews for Send Back the Money!: The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery
'Iain Whyte's study of this little known episode in Scottish history makes for an engrossing read. [...] Popular ballads and songs, many written in a lively and earthy Scots, contrasted dry theological argument. Dr Whyte captures the excitement and emotion of these times.[...]...excellent...' Dr James Robertson, University of Glasgow '...An accessible, scholarly, and enjoyably-readable monograph[...] ...A fine miniature ... Read more

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