Religion and the Radical Republican Movement: 1860-1870

by Victor B. Howard

Overview

Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870 is a study of the interplay of religion and politics during the Civil War era. More specifically, it examines the extent to which religion set the moral tone of the North during the period of 1860 through 1870. Howard focuses on the growing influence of the evangelical and liberal churches during the period. This influence was largely exerted through the agency of the radical Republicans, a faction that took an extreme position on war measures and on reconstruction after the war. This book examines the degree to which radicalism was inspired by moral motivation and the action that followed the moral commitment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813181813
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	471
File size:	633 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Victor B. Howard was professor of history of Morehead State University and author of Black Liberation in Kentucky, Conscience and Slavery, and The Evangelical War Against Slavery and Caste: The Life and Times of John G. Fee.

Victor B. Howard was professor of history of Morehead State University and author of Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870, Conscience and Slavery, and The Evangelical War Against Slavery and Caste: The Life and Times of John G. Fee.

Editorial Reviews

The author's prodigious research and stacks of quotations convincingly display the northern church's commitment to black suffrage and to the era's important congressional legislation bearing on black rights and other central Reconstruction issues.

Choice

A distinctive contribution is the influence of Christians on Union politics during the Civil War era.

Ohio History

"A distinctive contribution is the influence of Christians on Union politics during the Civil War era." -- Ohio History

"The author's prodigious research and stacks of quotations convincingly display the northern church's commitment to black suffrage and to the era's important congressional legislation bearing on black rights and other central Reconstruction issues." -- Choice

From the Publisher

Howard (history emeritus, Morehead State U.) revives the once generally accepted view that devout northern Protestants and their political wing, the Radical Republican Party, pressured Lincoln into proclaiming emancipation for slaves and imposing a harsh punitive reconstruction on the defeated South after the Civil War. Draws on little used religious literature as well as political documents. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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