Forgotten Voices
The Hidden History of a New England Meetinghouse
The history inscribed in New England's meetinghouses waits to be told. There, colonists gathered for required worship on the Sabbath, for town meetings, and for court hearings. There, ministers and local officials, many of them slave owners, spoke about salvation, liberty, and justice. There, women before the Civil War found a role and a purpose outside their households. This innovative exploration of a coastal Connecticut town, birthplace of two governors and a Supreme Court Chief Justice, retrieves the voices preserved in record books and sermons and the intimate views conveyed in women's letters. Told through the words of those whose lives…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8195-7924-9
- EAN: 9780819579249
- Produktnummer: 33104319
- Verlag: Wesleyan University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 62'322 KB
- Abbildungen: 75 color photos
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Carolyn Wakeman
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