Slavery and Protestant Missions in Imperial Brazil: The Black Does Not Enter the Church, He Peeks In From Outside

Barbosa (history, Centro U. Metodista, Izabela Hendrix, Minas Gerais, Brazil) shines a harsh light on Protestant missionaries in the country from 1808, when the Portuguese Court fled to Brazil before Napoleon's invading army, to 1888, when slavery was finally abolished in Brazil, one year before the monarchy itself was abolished. He covers the implantation of Protestantism in Brazil, missionary strategy, and the institutional Protestant message and slavery. No date or publisher is cited for Negro nao Entra na Igreja, espeia da banda da fora: Protestantismo e Escravidao no Brasil Imperio; MacHaffie and Danford are both at Marietta College in Ohio. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jose Carlos Barbosa earned his master's degree in history at the University of Brasilia and his doctorate in American History at the University of Seville, Spain. He currently teaches history at the Centro Universitario Metodista, Izabela Hendrix, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fraser G. MacHaffie and Richard K. Danford, translators, are members of the faculty at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.