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Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America


 collection description

Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America presents the text and images of 163 books that show the development of religious instruction in the United States. The texts come from several denominations and show instruction relating to religious and moral development. The texts also cover discussions on child-rearing, slavery and abolition, social conduct, animal welfare and natural history.

You may go directly to the collection, Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America, in American Memory.



 special presentations
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Author Biographies
Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in the 19th Century


 historical eras
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The New Nation, 1780-1815
Expansion and Reform, 1801-1861


 related collections and exhibits
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The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
Pioneering the Upper Midwest


 other resources
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Related Resources
Read More About It! - A bibliography


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