{"product_id":"mine-eyes-have-seen-the-glory-religion-and-the-politics-of-race-in-the-civil-war-era-and-beyond-hardback-9781640124882","title":"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory; Religion and the Politics of Race in the Civil War Era and Beyond (Hardback) 9781640124882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReligion and the Politics of Race in the Civil War Era and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven L. Dundas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640124882\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 13 photographs, 18 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.774 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Dundas has written a thought-provoking book and provides a different understanding of religion, politics, and the role they played regarding racism in America.\"-Michael S. Griggs, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is a helpful addition to a growing renaissance of Civil War scholarship in the study of American religion.\"-Devin Burns, \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A richly documented history of the ideology of racism that manifested itself in slavery, the Confederacy, the overthrow of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the myth of the Lost Cause that glorified the Old South and the Confederacy.”-James M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Steven L. Dundas brings us a powerful history, not only of slavery but, and even more important, of the consequences of untruths and how twisted religious beliefs shaped America. All educators should read it and ensure that its message is delivered to their students.”-Joseph J. Levin Jr., cofounder and emeritus board member of the Southern Poverty Law Center\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Steven L. Dundas has written the definitive account of America’s onerous history with African Americans. A must-read to fully understand, teach, or discuss the institutions of slavery, racism, and religion and their current impacts. Every school library should have a copy.”-Lloyd V. Hackley, president and CEO of Hackley and Associates and former president of the North Carolina Community College system\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for our time. Steven L. Dundas has skillfully woven slavery, race, racism, politics, and religion into a single entity in telling this country’s complex story. Every American would profit from reading what he is telling us.”-Charles B. Dew, author of \u003ci\u003eApostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“With no sugar coating of America’s history of slavery and racism, Steve Dundas adds to the story of the religious ideology used to justify slavery, not as a side note but as the significant factor that it was. A very timely read as we face the growing threat of today’s Christian nationalists and white supremacists.”-Chris Rodda, author of \u003ci\u003eLiars for Jesus, The Religious Right’s Alternate Version of American History\u003c\/i\u003e, volumes 1 and 2\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“American slavery’s ghosts and the Civil War haunt this sweeping interpretation of how a toxic blend of white supremacy and tribal religion still shape American society. In this historical account Steve Dundas analyzes its significance for our current social and political divisions making it an especially timely study.”-Charles Reagan Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eBaptized in Blood, the Religion of the Lost Cause: 1865–1920\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Steve Dundas’s electrifying new take on the American Civil War and its continuing presence in politics, race relations, and corrosive mythology is visceral and pulls no punches. It shows military and other readers that racism is a national security issue.”-Margaret Sankey, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Money: How Criminals, Militias, Rebels, and Warlords Finance Violence\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Steve Dundas weaves the story of slavery into the larger fabric of America. Military and social historians will welcome how he peels back the layers of some of the most overlooked and critical aspects of our collective history as never before.”-Kristopher D. White, chief historian of Emerging Civil War.com\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard-hitting history of the impact of racism and religion on the political, social, and economic development of the American nation from Jamestown to today, in particular the nefarious effects of slavery on U.S. society and history. Going back to England’s rise as a colonial power and its use of slavery in its American colonies, Steven L. Dundas examines how racism and the institution of slavery influenced the political and social structure of the United States, beginning with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Dundas tackles the debates over the Constitution’s three-fifths solution on how to count Black Americans as both property and people, the expansion of the republic and slavery, and the legislation enacted to preserve the Union, including the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act-as well as their disastrous consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e squarely faces how racism and religion influenced individual and societal debates over slavery, Manifest Destiny, secession, and civil war. Dundas deals with the struggle for abolition, emancipation, citizenship, and electoral franchise for Black Americans, and the fierce and often violent rollback following Reconstruction’s end, the civil rights movement, and the social and political implications today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; slaves and slaveholders; preachers, politicians, and propagandists; fire-eaters and firebrands; civil rights leaders and champions of white supremacy; and the ordinary people in the South and the North whose lives were impacted by it all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface: The First Duty\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. America’s Original Sin: Slavery from 1619 to 1790\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Struggle to the Death: War Cannot Be Separated from Ideology, Politics, or Religion\u003cbr\u003e 3. I Hate Them with Perfect Hatred: Religion, Ideology, and Modern War\u003cbr\u003e 4. They Shall Be Your Bond-Men Forever: Human Beings as Property\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Privilege of Belonging to the Superior Race: Slavery and National Expansion\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Gross Violation of a Sacred Pledge: Collapse of the Whig Party\u003cbr\u003e 7. I Will Be Heard!: Religion, Ideology, and the Abolitionist Movement\u003cbr\u003e 8. An Institution Sanctioned by God: Southern Religious Support of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Triumphs of Christianity Rest on Slavery: Holy Warriors at the Forefront\u003cbr\u003e 10. With God as Our Champion: The Confederate Union of Church and State\u003cbr\u003e 11. They Have Closed the Heavy Doors: The Dred Scott Decision\u003cbr\u003e 12. Portents Hang on All the Arches of the Horizon: The Bloody Battle for Kansas\u003cbr\u003e 13. General Jackson Is Dead: The Lecompton Constitution Controversy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Cuba Must Be Ours: Fire-Eaters and Filibusters Spread Slavery\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Final Kingdom Has Arisen: Hubris and Fanaticism Bring On the War\u003cbr\u003e 16. The South Will Never Submit: Lincoln and the Choice for Secession and War\u003cbr\u003e 17. Whom the Gods Intend to Destroy: The Madness of Southern Extremists\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Heather Is On Fire: Politics, Religion, and War\u003cbr\u003e 19. Sound the Loud Timbrel: The Emancipation Proclamation\u003cbr\u003e 20. I Knew What I Was Fighting For: Black Soldiers in the Civil War and After\u003cbr\u003e 21. Reconstruction and Redemption: The Failure to Win the Peace\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Failure of Will: Reconstruction’s End and Return to White Rule\u003cbr\u003e 23. A New Religion: The Noble Confederacy and the Lost Cause\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Past Is Always Present\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685671596312,"sku":"9781640124882","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mine-eyes-have-seen-the-glory-religion-and-the-politics-of-race-in-the-civil-war-era-and-beyond-hardback-9781640124882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}