A Slave Ship Called Jesus

By:

Ogun, Dele

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Nigeria; Lawless Publications Ltd; 2021Description: 296ISBN:

978-0-9567682-7-8

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Summary: This book offers answers to many questions surrounding the slave trade: Why did England join a trade which it had previously spurned as immoral? How did the Church and medieval society reconcile their abhorrence of usury with the exploitation of slavery? Why were slave ships given names of like 'Jesus of Lubeck' and 'Grace of God'? How did a slave trader come to write the hymns 'How sweet the name of Jesus sound?' and 'Amazing Grace'?...

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Books	Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries	326 OGU/ N	Available		26546

This book offers answers to many questions surrounding the slave trade: Why did England join a trade which it had previously spurned as immoral? How did the Church and medieval society reconcile their abhorrence of usury with the exploitation of slavery? Why were slave ships given names of like 'Jesus of Lubeck' and 'Grace of God'? How did a slave trader come to write the hymns 'How sweet the name of Jesus sound?' and 'Amazing Grace'?...

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