"Skin for Skin": Biblical Language in Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion
In October, 1865, Paul Bogle and a few hundred Black residents of rural Jamaica rebelled against the vagaries of an overly zealous magistrate. They set the courthouse at Morant Bay on fire and killed over a dozen people, mostly white. In the savage government reprisals that followed, over 430 Black...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| Dans: |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Année: 2022, Volume: 90, Numéro: 3, Pages: 636-653 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bogle, Paul 1815-1865
/ Bibel. Ijob 2,4-6
/ Couleur de la peau (motif)
/ Rébellion de Morant Bay
/ Identité de groupe
/ Noirs
/ Baptiste
/ Abolitionnisme
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CG Christianisme et politique CH Christianisme et société FD Théologie contextuelle HB Ancien Testament KBR Amérique Latine KDG Église libre NCC Éthique sociale NCD Éthique et politique TJ Époque moderne |
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| Résumé: | In October, 1865, Paul Bogle and a few hundred Black residents of rural Jamaica rebelled against the vagaries of an overly zealous magistrate. They set the courthouse at Morant Bay on fire and killed over a dozen people, mostly white. In the savage government reprisals that followed, over 430 Black Jamaicans were executed. Here, I observe how biblical language played a central role in public discourse about the rebellion. I focus on the rebellion's slogan: skin for skin. I trace the interpretive history of this phrase drawn from the book of Job, showing how it became associated with advocacy for Black rights. And I examine the social context of Bogle's use of the phrase to call for a Black alliance that crossed ethnic, religious, and class lines. I thus further a critical trajectory that has recognized the importance of biblical language to race talk in the age of emancipation. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfac071 |
