Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland, 1717-1838

ISBN-13: 9780815340522 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 284 str.

Thomas Murphy

Opis

This insightful look into the long-ignored treatment of slaves by the Jesuit order sheds light on The Society of Jesus during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Recenzje

"A definite treatment of its subject, Thomas Murphy's book is a fine example of history writ small...The book will stimulate new ways of seeing and thinking about the history of American journalism." -- Joseph P. McKerns, American Historical Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Property and Religious Liberty: The Emergence Jesuit Slaveholding Chapter 2 Real Poverty and Apparent Wealth on the Jesuit Farms Chapter 3. Doubt and Debate: Jesuit Questions About Slaveholding Chapter 4. Preaching Versus Pratice: Jesuit Theory and Conduct of Slaveholding Chapter 5. Brother Joseph Mobberly and the Intellectual Antecents of Jesuit Anti-Abolitionism Chapter 6. To Serve The Slave or The Immigrant Chapter 7. The End of Maryland Jesuit Slaveholding, 1838 Epilogue: A Slaveholding Both Anglo-American and Catholic Bibliography

O autorze

Thomas Murphy