Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.
Contents
Modern social movements and confessional projections of the self -- Mammon, church, and state in a restless America -- The benevolent empire and the special sins of the nation -- Rise up and repent -- A national wave of confessional protests, 1829-1839 -- "To bear witness to the horrors of the southern prison house" -- "For the movement and for myself."