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14%OFFJon F. Sensbach - Rebecca´s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World - 9780674022577 - V9780674022577
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Rebecca´s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World

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Description for Rebecca´s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World Paperback. Presents the story of a Caribbean woman who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. Born in 1718, Rebecca Protten embarked on an itinerant mission, preaching to hundreds of the enslaved Africans in the West Indies. Protten and other black preachers created the earliest African Protestant congregation in the Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGX; HRCC9; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.

Rebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. All but unknown today, Rebecca Protten left an enduring influence on African-American religion and society. Born in 1718, Protten had a childhood conversion experience, gained her freedom from bondage, and joined a group of German proselytizers from the Moravian Church. She embarked on an itinerant mission, preaching to hundreds of the enslaved Africans of St. Thomas, a Danish sugar colony in the West Indies. Laboring in obscurity and weathering persecution from hostile planters, Protten and other ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674022577
SKU
V9780674022577
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Ref
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About Jon F. Sensbach
Jon F. Sensbach is Associate Professor of History, University of Florida.

Reviews for Rebecca´s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World
Rebecca's Revival is one of the most daring books ever published on New World slavery, a book of triumphant scholarship with a heart. Sensbach has constructed a unique biography of an enslaved convert to Christianity from startlingly detailed previously unknown sources. Sensbach's unforgettable portrait of Rebecca's circuits through Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe may be the most powerful ... Read more

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