Reviews
"With this slim volyume, Julius H. Bailey has skillfully handled a large topic, "domesticity" and the nineteenth-century African American family."
"fine contribution to our historical understanding of a black domestic ideology and the making of the "American family.""
--The Journal of American History
Bailey has laid the groundwork for future inquiries examining the domestic life of the black Protestants after the Civil War.
--The Journal of Southern History
…explores the development of a domestic ideology that arose in the African-American community, as religious leaders struggled with challenges confronting the black family…a unique contribution to the history of the African-American family…
--H-Net Book Review
…a valuable contribution to understanding the diverse constructions of family and gender in American religious history.
--Journal of American Ethnic History