Singing for Equality: Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments  ix
• Introduction: Recovering the Lost Soundtrack of American Social Visionaries  1
• 1. Seeing Children of God or Children of the Devil in Massachusetts Bay  11
• 2. Singing Nonconformist and Anglican Hymns in the 18th Century  26
• 3. Asserting Racial Equality with Sacred Verse in Early America  43
• 4. Debating Blacks’ and Indians’ Humanity in the Early Republic  66
• 5. Affirming the Humanity of Early-­Antebellum Blacks and Indians  79
• 6. Making Space for Indians in Early Antebellum Fiction, or Not  103
• 7. Struggling to Enlist Support for the Cherokee People  132
• 8. Legitimating Black Emancipation with Blacks’ Voices  153
• 9. Singing Communities and the American Anti-­Slavery Society  179
• 10. Making Space for Blacks in Late Antebellum American Fiction  203
• Conclusion: Tracing the Legacy of Sacred Music and American Racial Equality  234
• Appendix: Hymn Tunes Available Online  245
• Chapter Notes  247
• Bibliography  261
• Index  266