Title Hell without fires : slavery, Christianity, and the antebellum spiritual narrative / Yolanda Pierce ; foreword by Stephen W. Angell and Anthony B. Pinn, series editors.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2005]
	©2005

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	BR563.B53 P47 2005	Available	---

Description	xii, 151 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	History of African-American religions
	History of African-American religions.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143) and index.
Contents	To serve in heaven or reign in hell : Gorge White's call to preach -- Word became flesh : John Jea, slavery, and the miraculous -- Solomon Bayley's light for the benighted : an African returns home -- Zilpha Elaw, prophesying daughter : speaking (writing) a new language -- David smith : a slave to salvation? -- Conclusion : a new Jerusalem.
Subject	African Americans -- Religion.
	African Americans -- Religion.
	Christian converts -- United States -- History.
	Christian converts.
	United States.
	History.
	Christian biography -- United States -- History and criticism.
	Christian biography.
	Enslaved persons -- Religious life -- United States -- History.
	Enslaved persons -- Religious life.
	Enslaved persons.
	Slave narratives -- United States -- History and criticism.
	Slave narratives.
ISBN	081302806X
	9780813028064