Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative

Examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a ‘New Jerusalem’, a place they could call home.

• | Author: Yolanda Pierce
• | Publisher: University Press of Florida
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2021
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780813068596
• | ISBN-10: 0813068592