While much has been written about race in early America, scholars have generally focused on the southern colonies in the 18th century. Here, Bailey turns his gaze northward and to an earlier period, to the origins of puritan New England, and contends that as colonial New Englanders offered spiritual redemptionto their neighbors they began creating raced identities for their Native American and African neighbors. INDICE: Introduction: 'Neither Bond Nor Free': New Englanders, Race, and Redemption; 1: Laying the Foundation for 'a Citty upon a Hill': Faith, Works, Covenant, and Colonialism; 2: When Image Unmakes the Man: The Consequences of Thinking about the Colors and Capabilities of 'Others'; 3: 'I am come into the light: Confessions of Faith, Sermons, and Ventriloquism; 4: 'We are not to make Asses of our Servants': Exercising Authority over New Englanders of Color; 5: 'The art of coyning Christians': Redeeming Self and 'Others' in Puritan New England; Epilogue: The Happy Day Refuses to Come
- ISBN: 978-0-19-536659-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés