Clergy Dissent in the Old South, 1830-1865
- ISBN-10
- 0809320800
- ISBN-13
- 9780809320806
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- David B. Chesebrough
Description
Focusing on dissenters among the southern clergy in America during the years 1830 to 1865, who were a vital element in the justification of slavery, secession and war, this text aims to demonstrate that the South was never the monolithic system the Confederacy wanted to portray.
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