For God and Mammon: Evangelicals and Entrepreneurs, Masters and Slaves in Territorial Kansas, 1854-1860 (Contributions in Legal Studies; 78)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (994 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820317799 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Well written and crafted, this book provides something for those interested in the Civil War and Kansas history, as well as for those scholars interested in the interaction of politics and religion and in how race and class formed a seamless web of oppression limiting the opportunities for African Americans in the pre- and post-Civil War eras. (Civil War History) . Her research is thorough, her knowledge of the appropriate literature impressive, and her style felicitous. (Journal of American History)SenGupta's book adds to the understanding of the interplay of evangelism and entrepreneurship in territorial Kansas
This book explores the multiple dimensions of the antebellum Kansas tempest as a microcosm of the larger history of sectional conflict and reconciliation. It pays special attention to the discrepancy between the strident optimism of proslavery rhetoric on the one hand, and the actual operation of the "peculiar institution" in the territory on the othera discussion that incorporates a detailed study of Kansas slavery not found elsewhere.Finally, the book argues that the sharp polarities of slavery discourse in Kansas obscured a more ambiguous reality. Southerners resorted to fraudulent voting, and appealed to anti-abolitionism, nativism, and racism to battle not only northern elements but to score points over their proslavery whiggish rivals as well. It shows, through an examination of the antislavery ends and means of the American Missionary Association, the American Home Missionary Society, and the New England Emigrant Aid Company, that the northeastern free-state contingent in Kansas represented a wide spectrum of opinion on black bondage, ranging from racially egalitarian Christian abolitionist absolutism on the one hand to free labor pragmatism on the other. Schisms within a competitive, busi
. Gunja SenGupta is an assistant professor of history at East Texas State University
Worthwhile analysis of the Kansas migration "For God and Mammon" examines the motivations behind migration to the Kansas territory following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 185Worthwhile analysis of the Kansas migration Michael Kratzer "For God and Mammon" examines the motivations behind migration to the Kansas territory following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Dr. SenGupta argues that there were two main motivating factors that drove Northern migration: evangelical abolition (God) and free labor (Mammon). The abolitionist groups, particularly the American Home Missionary Society, helped the free labor companies in promoting migration west. These groups were. . Dr. SenGupta argues that there were two main motivating factors that drove Northern migration: evangelical abolition (God) and free labor (Mammon). The abolitionist groups, particularly the American Home Missionary Society, helped the free labor companies in promoting migration west. These groups were