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The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South

byAlexis Wells-Oghoghomeh

Lower South on the eve of the Civil War, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an existence for themselves and their families amid the horrors of American slavery. The Souls of Womenfolk combines scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of religion and social science, The Souls of Womenfolk explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter.

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9781469663593