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Copyright © 2008 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 2007022044 ISBN 978-1-55849-629-3 (paper); 628-6 (library cloth) Designed by Dennis Anderson Set in New Baskerville by BookComp, Inc. Printed and bound by The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Elrod, Eileen Razzari. Piety and dissent : race, gender, and biblical rhetoric in early American autobiography / Eileen Razzari Elrod. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-628-6 (library cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-629-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States—Church history. 2. Christian biography. 3. Church and minorities. 4. Social integration—Religious aspects—Christianity. 5. Race relations—Religious aspects—Christianity. 6. Sex role—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BR515.E47 2008 277.3092'2—dc22 2007022044 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. ...

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