Freedom from Heaven: State Violence and Religious Protest in the Early Black Atlantic
From the beginning of European colonialism in the New World, Africans and people of African descent used religious language and ideology to protest the interlocking of religion, the state, and slavery. Throughout the Americas, slavery was built on a legal superstructure undergirded by imperial, nati...
| Autres titres: | Black Lives Matter? Africana Religious Responses to State Violence |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
Année: 2015, Volume: 3, Numéro: 4, Pages: 495-503 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
The Americas
/ Slavery
/ Institutioneller Rassismus
/ Resistance
/ Religion
/ History 1700-1865
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CH Christianisme et société FD Théologie contextuelle KBP Amérique NBE Anthropologie NCC Éthique sociale NCD Éthique et politique TJ Époque moderne XA Droit |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | From the beginning of European colonialism in the New World, Africans and people of African descent used religious language and ideology to protest the interlocking of religion, the state, and slavery. Throughout the Americas, slavery was built on a legal superstructure undergirded by imperial, national, and local power. Government produced and enforced the slave codes that defined human beings as property and legalized their torture, maiming, and execution. Therefore, any protest or act of resistance against slavery was by definition directed against the state as well. From slave rebellions to freedom petitions to protests against the U.S. Fugitive Slave Law, religion inspired resistance against the terror of state-sponsored slavery. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.4.0495 |