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The furnace of affliction : prisons & religion in antebellum America / Jennifer Graber.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graber, Jennifer, 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Religious work with prisoners > United States > History > 19th century.
Corrections > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > United States > Religious life > History > 19th century.
Protestantism > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The prison as garden, 1796-1804
  • The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823
  • The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827
  • The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839
  • The furnace transformed, 1840-1847
  • The prison as hell, 1848-1860.

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