Date of Award
2004
Degree Type
Honors Paper
Department
English
First Advisor
B. MCRAE AMOSS, JR., Ph.D.
Second Advisor
MARTHA E. COOK, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
CAROLYN M. CRAFT, Ph.D.
Abstract
This thesis examines the way that Christianity was used as a method to integrate African slaves into American culture. “For many slaves, it was their conversion to Christianity that was the ultimate and final separation from their African heritage.” Postbellum African American poets had to decide if they wanted to assimilate into American culture through Christianity or embrace their African roots.
Recommended Citation
Mujahid, Maryam F., "Lambs of a Foreign God: Christianity in African-American Literature" (2004). Theses & Honors Papers. 110.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/110
