Mastering Christianity

<p>Beginning in 1701 missionary-minded Anglicans launched one of the earliest and most sustained efforts to Christianize the enslaved people of Britain's colonies. Hundreds of clergy traveled to widely-dispersed posts in North America the Caribbean and West Africa under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) and undertook this work. Based on a belief in the essential unity of humankind the Society's missionaries advocated for the conversion and better treatment of enslaved people. Yet only a minority of enslaved people embraced Anglicanism while a majority rejected it. Mastering Christianity closely explores these missionary encounters.</p>