"In Haynes we have a significant but neglected figure whose life
and writings link theology, republicanism, and abolitionism in ways
that challenge prevailing notions of religion and republican
ideology in the revolutionary and early national period. Haynes was
a free man of color, minister, and author, steeped in Edwardsean
Calvinism, who came of age to the "shot heard round the world" and
the Declaration of Independence. He forged these seemingly
diverse
strands into a black critique of a slaveholding society that
professed liberty and inalienable rights. Saillant has done a
wonderful job of making Haynes' stance understandable and
compelling."--Kenneth
Minkema, Executive Editor, The Works of Jonathan Edwards
"Saillant's study of Lemuel Haynes is a well-researched and
sensitive treatment of a complex individual and of some critical
issues for American and African American social and religious
history and for religious and theological studies. I am
particularly impressed by Saillant's deft treatment of Haynes's
engagement of the Bible as an index of his self-understanding and
his complex negotiation of a complexly constructed ideological
world. A very fine work. I
recommend it with enthusiasm."--Vincent L. Wimbush, Professor of
Religion, Claremont Graduate University; Editor, African Americans
and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures
"Comprehensively researched and wonderfully readable, John
Saillant's study of Lemuel Haynes offers a unique examination of an
African American abolitionist of the American Revolution and the
early republic. Known in his adult life as a minuteman and patriot,
as well as an effective revivalist, Haynes articulated a vision of
an America without slavery, where blacks and whites lived at once
under a religious canopy and in a republican polis. A model of
interdisciplinary scholarship and an extraordinary contribution to
our historical understanding, this book is important for everybody
interested in race and the Revolutionary era. And anyone interested
in
African American religion from its beginnings under slavery to its
flourishing in a free society will find this book
indispensable."--Orville Vernon Burton, University Distinguished
Scholar and Teacher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"In Haynes we have a significant but neglected figure whose life
and writings link theology, republicanism, and abolitionism in ways
that challenge prevailing notions of religion and republican
ideology in the revolutionary and early national period. Haynes was
a free man of color, minister, and author, steeped in Edwardsean
Calvinism, who came of age to the "shot heard round the world" and
the Declaration of Independence. He forged these seemingly
diverse
strands into a black critique of a slaveholding society that
professed liberty and inalienable rights. Saillant has done a
wonderful job of making Haynes' stance understandable and
compelling."--Kenneth
Minkema, Executive Editor, The Works of Jonathan Edwards
"Saillant's study of Lemuel Haynes is a well-researched and
sensitive treatment of a complex individual and of some critical
issues for American and African American social and religious
history and for religious and theological studies. I am
particularly impressed by Saillant's deft treatment of Haynes's
engagement of the Bible as an index of his self-understanding and
his complex negotiation of a complexly constructed ideological
world. A very fine work. I
recommend it with enthusiasm."--Vincent L. Wimbush, Professor of
Religion, Claremont Graduate University; Editor, African Americans
and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures
"Comprehensively researched and wonderfully readable, John
Saillant's study of Lemuel Haynes offers a unique examination of an
African American abolitionist of the American Revolution and the
early republic. Known in his adult life as a minuteman and patriot,
as well as an effective revivalist, Haynes articulated a vision of
an America without slavery, where blacks and whites lived at once
under a religious canopy and in a republican polis. A model of
interdisciplinary scholarship and an extraordinary contribution to
our historical understanding, this book is important for everybody
interested in race and the Revolutionary era. And anyone interested
in
African American religion from its beginnings under slavery to its
flourishing in a free society will find this book
indispensable."--Orville Vernon Burton, University Distinguished
Scholar and Teacher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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