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Black cosmopolitans : race, religion, and republicanism in an age of revolution / Christine Levecq.

Author/creator Levecq, Christine author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionx, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Capitein, J. E. J. (Jacobus Elisa Joannes), 1717-1747.
Belley, Jean-Baptiste, 1747-1805.
Marrant, John, 1755-1791.
Black people--Intellectual life --18th century.
Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region --Biography.
Freed persons--Biography.
African Americans--Intellectual life --18th century.
Cosmopolitanism--History --18th century.
Portion of title Race, religion, and republicanism in an age of revolution
Contents Jacobus Capitein and the Radical Possibilities of Calvinism -- Jean-Baptiste Belley and French Republicanism -- John Marrant: From Methodism to Freemasonry.
Abstract "This book examines the life and intellectual contributions of three extraordinary black men--Jacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrant--whose experiences and writing helped shape racial, social, and political thought throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world." --Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2019000975
ISBN9780813942186 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0813942187 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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