The furnace of affliction prisons and religion in antebellum America /

Graber, Jennifer, 1973-

The furnace of affliction prisons and religion in antebellum America / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Graber. - Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2011. - xii, 234 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780807877838 (electronic bk.)




Religious work with prisoners--History--United States--19th century.
Corrections--History--United States--19th century.
Prisoners--Religious life--History--United States--19th century.
Protestantism--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic books.

HV8865 / .G73 2011

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