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contents Acknowledgments ix A Note on Terminology xiii Introduction: Potential Christians and Hereditary Heathens in Virginia 1 1 English Christians among the Blackest Nations 13 2 The Rise and Fall of the Anglo-Indian Christian Commonwealth 35 3 Faith in the Blood 61 4 Baptism and the Birth of Race 86 5 Becoming Christian, Becoming White 112 6 The Children of Israel 138 Epilogue: Christian Abolitionism and Proslavery Christianity 168 Notes 175 Essay on Sources 211 Index 217 This page intentionally left blank ...

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