A very scarce complete year of the Virginia-based Literary and Evangelical Magazine, conducted by the influential Presbyterian minister John Holt Rice.
It remains a crucial primary source for students of early Presbyterianism and revival. The periodical serves as a vital record of the Second Great Awakening and the expanding American Missionary Revival, chronicling local revivals, the development of regional institutions, and contemporary debates over sectarianism, i.e. New and Old School Presbyterianism, etc.
Crucially, the publication sheds significant light on early nineteenth-century Southern Presbyterian attitudes toward slavery, reflecting the complex, often contradictory reformist impulses of white Presbyterians who advocated for religious instruction and colonization while navigating the deeply entrenched system of human bondage. Further, its missionary content provides valuable historical accounts of early outreach and treaty-era interactions with Native American tribes, documenting the progress of missions among the Cherokee and other Indigenous nations as white settlement increasingly threatened tribal sovereignty.
Full contents pages available in the images.
The Literary and Evangelical Magazine. Volume XI. January through December, 1828. Richmond. Published by A Converse at the Office of the Visitor & Telegraph. 1828. 672pp.
Good - with some rubbing and softness to leather, foxed as shown, some stains in margins.
