03788cam a2200505 4500 2796297509 TxAuBib 20260625120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798890857620 B085VVX8B2 Amazon 79384c0c-a790-48f8-9449-137cb933f57a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10178155 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Turner, Nicole Myers. Soul Liberty [Bridges eBook] : The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia. The University of North Carolina Press, 2020. Race relations in postemancipation south. 19th century African American History. Episcopal Church history in Virginia. african american political history. African American religious history. Baptist church history in Virginia. African Americans Church History. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. African Americans in Virginia. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. reconstruction in virginia. History of Black churches. History of Christianity . Emancipation in Virginia. black church history. Black Church Studies. gender and race. Church history. 1700-1899. HTML:That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of black churches as having always been politically engaged. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing the freedom of their souls to worship as they saw fit—and to participate in society completely in the evolving landscape of emancipation.<br /> Freedpeople, for both evangelical and electoral reasons, were well aware of the significance of the physical territory they occupied, and they sought to organize the geographies that they could in favor of their religious and political agendas at the outset of Reconstruction. As emancipation included opportunities to purchase properties, establish black families, and reconfigure gender roles, the ministry became predominantly male, a development that affected not only discourses around family life but also the political project of crafting, defining, and teaching freedom. After freedmen obtained the right to vote, an array of black-controlled institutions increasingly became centers for political organizing on the basis of networks that mirrored those established earlier by church associations.<br /> We are proud to announce that this book will also be published as an enhanced open-access e-book on a companion website hosted by Fulcrum, an innovative publishing platform launched by Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. The Fulcrum version of the book can be located using this link: https://doi.org/10.5149/9781469655253_Turner. Multi-Cultural. Nonfiction. Sociology. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-06-23 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=79384c0c-a790-48f8-9449-137cb933f57a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=79384c0c-a790-48f8-9449-137cb933f57a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)