Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery 9780807137192, 9780807132791

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry 9781107024090

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the re

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Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic [Illustrated] 1604977140, 9781604977141

In this book, Ana Lucia Araujo argues that despite the rupture provoked by the Atlantic slave trade, the Atlantic Ocean

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Sacred Marriage in the Rituals of Greek Religion 3261044322, 9783261044327

The concept of hieros gamos has roused scholar's interest since the 19th century. The review of scholarship is indi

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In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World 9780520257504, 0520257502

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slav

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When Slavery Was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War (Religion in the South) 0813122414, 9780813122410

When Slavery was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism, Proslavery and the Causes of the Civil War is a bold new interpretation

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A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic 9780812245196, 0812245199

A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the

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The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic 0190224363, 9780190224363

Winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography

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The Fort Pillow Massacre: North, South, and the Status of African-Americans in the Civil War Era 0415808642, 9780415808644

On April 12, 1864, a small Union force occupying Fort Pillow, Tennessee, a fortress located on the Mississippi River jus

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A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance 9781788738842

The story of the enslaved West Indian women in the struggle for freedom Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunitie

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Religion in the Era of Postsecularism 2019021124, 9781138339194, 9780429441226

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