Chapter 11

Quakers, the efforts of, among Negroes,17-19Quinn, W. P., a successful missionary,101;elected bishop,101

Race prejudice in the church,305-309Ranford, of Chowan, a preacher to Negroes,9Ransom, R. C., head of the Institutional Church, Chicago,276;an editor,297Ray, Charles B., the work of,173-174Recent growth of the Negro church,286-299Recent statistics of the Negro church,286-299Reddick, M. W., a preacher of influence,282Relation of the individual to the church, differing ideas as to,251-252Relations of whites and blacks in churches,132-134Religion, differing ideas of,250-251Religious education as a preparation,202-219Religious instruction revived,148-166Revells, Hiram R., sketch of,183-184Rice, an elder in Kentucky, interested in the Negro,38Richard, a slave preacher, the escape of,72Riddle, J. M., a minister in California,278Riot of Negroes in New York in 1812,14Rippon, Dr., testimony of, as to Andrew Bryan,51Roberts, Isaac, a preacher in Savannah,117Roberts, John W., a Negro made bishop to Africa by the Methodists,189Roberts, R., the missionary work of,100Rockefeller, John D., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker,245Roger Williams University, the establishment of,203Rogers, E. P., a preacher before the Civil War,179;poem of, on the Missouri Compromise,179Rose, David, friend of Lemuel Haynes,62Ross, the work of, in Pennsylvania,11Rush, Christopher, a pioneer in A. M. E. Zion Church,85;election of, as bishop,102;the success of,102-103Ryland, Robert, pastor of Negro church in Richmond,111-112;work of, among Negroes, in Richmond,135;promoter of religious instruction among Negroes,161-163;comment on,162-163

Samuels, an early C. M. E. worker,196Sandiford, Ralph, interest of, in Negroes,18Sandoval, Alfonso, protest of, in behalf of Negroes,3Savannah, resolutions of the Baptist Association of, on Andrew Bryan,53;the Baptist Church in,85;the churches of,115-117Sayre, J., the work of, among Negroes in New York,15Schism among white Methodists, effect of, on Negro Methodists,83-84-85;in the Methodist Church,123-124,127-128,130;in all churches,123-147;in the Negro Baptist Church,297-298Schismatic movement in Negro church,247-265;results from,257-258Scott, Daniel, a preacher in Philadelphia,121Scott, June, a pioneer Methodist preacher,78;schismatic efforts of,79-80Secker, Bishop, sermon on conversion of Negroes,7Sewell, Jonathan, interest of, in slaves,16Shaw, Francis F., interest of, in the freedmen,212Shaw University, the establishment of,203Simmons, William J., religious efforts of,223;in politics,223Simpson, Hagar, a member of the Baptist Church in Savannah,45Simpson, Smart, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76Slaves indoctrinated,3Smith, Bishop C. S., educational efforts of,297Smith, George, an Emancipating Baptist,35Socializing the Negro church,266-285Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, organized,6;the work of,6-22South Carolina, Negroes in, instructed,7;a Negro school in,8;Negro Baptists in,112;Methodists in, interested in Negro uplift,158-159Southern Baptist Convention,200Sovereigns of Europe, change of attitude of, toward Negro,2Spain, decrees of, as to indoctrinating slaves,3Spanish sovereigns, missionary spirit of,1Spencer, Peter, a pioneer Negro preacher,76Spywood, election of, as bishop,104-105St. George Methodist Episcopal Church, in Philadelphia, trouble in,73St. James, an Episcopal Church established in Baltimore,96St. Louis, Negro Baptists in,120St. Phillips Church, episcopal, established in New York,94-95St. Thomas, an episcopal church established in Philadelphia,94Statistics on Negro membership in mixed churches,146;of Freedmen Aid Societies,206-208;of the Negro church,286-299Stevens, David, a preacher of power,104Stewart, John, a pioneer Negro preacher in Ohio,58-61Stewart, Rev. Mr., a missionary in North Carolina,10Stiles, Ezra, interest in the Negro,36Storer, Bellamy, interest of, in the freedmen,212Stokes, W. H., a forceful preacher in Richmond,241Stoupe, the work of, in New York,15Straight College, the establishment of,204Stratton, Daniel, a pioneer preacher of West Virginia,240Struggle between the conservative and the progressive in the Negro church,247-265Sturgeon, W., the work of, among Negroes,11-12

Taft, William H., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker,245Talented Negroes in conflict with the conservatives,247-265Talladega College, the establishment of,203-204Tanner, Bishop B. T., comment of,92-93;a power in the A. M. E. Church,239Tanner, C. M., an African Methodist preacher in Washington,240Tapsico, Jacob, a co-worker of Richard Allen,75Tarrant, Carter, an Emancipating Baptist,35Taylor, Charles, the work of, in New York,15Taylor, Rev. E., interest of, in the enlightenment of Negroes,7-8Teague, Collin, a co-worker of Lott Cary,139-140Tennessee, Baptists in,119;George Bentley's work in,137Terrell, L., pastor of Negro Baptist Church in Lexington,119Thiergood, R. T., an early C. M. E. worker,196Thomas, Samuel, a teacher of Negroes,7Thompson, Abraham, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church,78-79;schismatic efforts of,79-80,81Tindley, C. A., a preacher of power,244Toronto, Negro Baptists in,122;Methodists in,122Tougaloo University, the establishment of,204Transylvania, the Presbytery of, concerned with the Negroes,38Trujillo, a Negro bishop in,4Turner, Bishop H. M., religious work of,232;in politics,232-234Turner, Nat, the effect of the insurrection of,52,69Turpin, London, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76

Uncle Jack, a Negro pioneer preacher,55-56Union American Methodist Episcopal Church organized,107Union Church of Africans, organized,107Union Seminary, the forerunner of Wilberforce,205Unwritten law as to holding Christians slaves,4Usher, J., the work of, among Negroes,16

Vanderhorst, R. H., a pioneer preacher in the C. M. E. Church,196;elected bishop,196Varick, James, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church,78;elected bishop,85;death of,102Vaughn, Richard, a preacher in Philadelphia,121Vermont Avenue Baptist Church,282Vesey, a supporter of Negro missions,13Vesey, Denmark, the effect of the insurrection of,78Vices, so-called,253Victoria, Francisco Xavier de Luna, a churchman of Negro blood,4Virginia, Quakers in,17-18;Emancipating Baptists in,32-34;Negro Baptists in,53-54:reactionary laws of,131Virginia Theological Seminary and College, the establishment of,206

Waldron, J. M., church institutional work of,276;in politics,312Walker, C. T., a preacher of power,245-246Walker, William, opposition of, to work of John Stewart,60Walters, Bishop A., church work of,311-312;in politics,312Ward, Samuel R., record of,182-183;Frederick Douglass' opinion of,183Watcoat, Richard, recognition of Richard Allen by,73Waters, Edward, ordained assistant bishop,101Webster, Thomas, a co-worker of Richard Allen,75Wells, Richard, a useful minister in Richmond,240West Indies, missionaries to Negroes in,4Western Colored Baptist Convention, organization of,122Western Freedmen's Aid Commission, the work of,207Western University, the establishment of,205Wesley, John, the position of,26White, J. T., in politics,225;religious efforts of,225White, Sampson, a pioneer preacher in the Baptist Church,110-111;preaching of, in New York,121;pastor of the Gillfield Baptist Church,136White, W. J., a successful minister,240White, William, a co-worker of Richard Allen,74-75White man's standard, an influence,252-253Whitefield, George, the position of, on the Negro,26Whitmore, the work of, in New York,14Whittier, John G., interest of, in the freedmen,212Wilberforce University, the establishment of,205Williams, John A., a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church,104;a noted revivalist,104Williams, L. K., popular pastor in Chicago,278;social work of,278-279Williams, Peter, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church,78;rector of St. Phillips in New York,94-95;his lack of force,95Williams, Richard, a supporter of Richard Allen,75Williams, R. S., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church,240Williamsburg, Virginia, the Baptist Church in, 1785,53Williamson, Edward, a supporter of Richard Allen,76Willis, J. E., a preacher of power,282Willis, Joseph, a pioneer preacher in the South,86Wood River Baptist Association, organization of,122Woods, R. C., progress of the Virginia Theological Seminary under,264Woolman, John, efforts of, for enlightenment of Negroes,18Worlds, J. J., a pioneer preacher of North Carolina,240Worship, mode of, questioned,254-255Wortham, Dr. James F., a student under John Chavis,70Wright, R. R., editor and publisher,297

Yates, a worker in Pennsylvania,11Young Negroes in conflict with the old in the church,247-249

Transcriber's Note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. "THE FIRST COLOREDBAPTIST CHURCH INNORTHAMERICA" [in the caption of the image] is listed as "The Oldest Negro Baptist Church in the United States" in the list of illustrations.

Transcriber's Note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. "THE FIRST COLOREDBAPTIST CHURCH INNORTHAMERICA" [in the caption of the image] is listed as "The Oldest Negro Baptist Church in the United States" in the list of illustrations.


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