Bibliograph

A most stirring and significant episode, religion and the rise and fall of prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887, H. Paul Thompson Jr

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A most stirring and significant episode, religion and the rise and fall of prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887, H. Paul Thompson Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A most stirring and significant episode

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

858119417

Responsibility statement

H. Paul Thompson Jr

Sub title

religion and the rise and fall of prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887

Table Of Contents

"Our enterprise flows from the Gospel of Christ": the evangelical reform nexus roots of nineteenth-century temperance, 1785-1865 -- The message trickles South: introducing the freed people to temperance, 1865-1876 -- The trickle become a flood: Northern temperance targets Southern blacks, 1877-1890 -- Taking ownership: Black Atlanta's efforts to institutionalize a temperance-based moral community -- "The most enthusiastic election ever held in this country": Atlanta's 1885 local option election -- The "dry" years, 1885-1887 -- Prohibition revisited: Atlanta's 1887 local option election

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