Chapter 9

Caesar, a pioneer Negro Baptist preacher,137Cain, Bishop R. H., religious work of,234-235;in politics,234-235;a member of Congress,234Call of politics,220-246Cameron, Paul C., quotation from, on John Chavis,68-69Camp meetings among Negro Methodists,144-145Campbell, Alexander, sermon of, in Andrew Marshall's church,114;trouble resulting from,114,115Campbell, General, a friend of George Liele,45Campbell, William J., successor to Andrew Marshall,117Camphor, A. P., a Methodist missionary bishop,299Capucin monks, protest of,3Carroll, Richard, a preacher of social welfare tendency,278Carter, R. A., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church,240Cary, Lott, sketch of,137-140;ordained to preach,139;work of, in Liberia,139-140;death of,140;interest of, in religious instruction,160Casas, las, a missionary,2;attitude of, on slavery,2Caste in the white church,306-309Catholics working among Negroes,1-6;appeal to Negroes a failure,98;attraction of Negroes by,256Challenge to the Negro in freedom,168Change in worship advocated,254-255Chapman, James, a co-worker of Richard Allen,75Charleston, a Negro school in,8-9;Morris Brown's work in,77;fracas in church, in,133-134;Negro churches of, demolished,134;Presbyterians of, interested in the instruction of Negroes,155Charlton, the work of, among Negroes in New York,14Chase, Salmon P., interest of, in freedmen,213Chavis, John, an educated Negro teacher and preacher,67-69Christian, W., pastor of a Negro Baptist Church in Toronto,122Christian character emphasized,252"Christianity" of the whites, a farce in modern times,306-309Church management, questioned,254Churchill, W. P., one of the pioneer C. M. E. workers,196Civil War, the, and the church,185-201;an upheaval,188Clair, M. W., a bishop of the M. E. Church,299Clarke, James Freeman, a friend of the freedmen,213Clayton, Moses C., a pioneer Baptist preacher in Baltimore,111,136Cleaves, N. C., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church,240Coke, Bishop, the position of,26Coker, Daniel, a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Church,75-76;elected bishop,76;resigned,76;work of, in Baltimore,76Cole, Abraham, a preacher of power,104Coleman, Elihu, interest of, in Negroes,18Colgan, the work of, in New York,14Collins, Leonard, a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church,104Colonization Society, the American, opposed,170Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized,192Colored Methodist Episcopal Church organized,193-197;unfair criticism of,193-194Columbus, missionary spirit of,1Conflict of sects,19-20Congregationalists, interest of, in Negroes,99;small following,99;promotion of education by,203-204;attract Negroes later,256Conservative and progressive in the Negro church,247-265Consolidated American Baptist Missionary Convention,200Control of Negro church, desired by whites,278-280Cook, Steven A., a friend of George Liele,46Cooke, John F., founder of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church,136Coöperation taught through the church,284,285Coppin, Bishop L. J., foreign mission work of,296-297Corpew, E. G., a preacher in Portsmouth,135Cottrell, Elias, a bishop of the C. M. E. Church,240Coxe, General, attitude of, toward the teaching of slaves,164Crockett, J. W., denominational work of,297Cruikshanks, Amos, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76Crummell, Alexander, the struggles of,176-177;interest of, in civil rights,238Cuff, Peter, a supporter of Richard Allen,76Cunningham, Henry, a co-worker with Andrew Marshall,113Curry, J. L. M., work of,214Cutler, Dr., a missionary in Boston,17

D'Alone, M., supporter of Negro and Indian Missions,10Davis, Edward, a friend of Andrew Bryan,48Davis, Noah, a pioneer Baptist preacher in Baltimore,111,136Dawn, the, of a new day,23-39DeBaptiste, Richard, a pioneer Baptist preacher in the Northwest Territory,122;religious work of,241-242DeBerry, W. N., church of, socialized,277Derrick, Bishop W. B., religious work of,231;in politics,231-232Development, the early, of the Negro church,100-122Devous, John, a preacher in Savannah,116Differing ideas in the Negro church,247-265Difficulties, the, of missions,19-22District of Columbia, Negro churches in,110-111,136Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church, establishment of,99Dover Baptist Association, received Negro church,135Dow, Lorenzo, sermon of, in Andrew Bryan's church,49Drayton, Henry, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76Drummond, Hugh, the escape of a slave preacher from,72Durham, Clayton, a co-worker of Richard Allen,75

Early development of the Negro Church,100-122Eden, James, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76Education, a concern of the Negro preacher,168Edwards, Mrs., interest of, in proselyting Negroes,7Eliot, John, interest of, in slaves,15Ellis, Harrison, a Negro preacher in Alabama,140-142Episcopalians, interest of, in Negroes,94-97;attitude of, toward Negroes,150-152; assistance of, given freedmen,210-211;attract Negroes,256Evangelical sects, work of,23-29;appeal of, successful,143-144Evans, Henry, a pioneer Negro preacher in North Carolina,56

Farrand, Daniel, teacher of Lemuel Haynes,63Finley, J. B., the successor of John Stewart,60-61First Colored Methodist Protestant Church organized,107Fisk University, the establishment of,203Fleetwood, Bishop, sermon of, on the conversion of Negroes,9Foreign mission and the Negro church,296,297Foreign relief to freedmen,208Ford, J. E., church institutional work of,276Fox, George, attitude of, toward freedom and enlightenment,18France, decrees of, as to indoctrinating slaves,3Francis, Henry, a Negro preacher in Savannah,52Fray, S. T., a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church,104Frazer, Garrison, a pastor in Savannah,117Free African Society, organization of,75;comment of,92Free-Will Baptists, the achievements of,203,209Freedmen Aid Societies, the work of,208-209Freedmen Aid Society, the, of the Methodist Church, the establishment of,209Freedmen's Bureau, facts from,208French, missionary spirit of,1Friends, the relief work of,207-208;the Society of, in England, the efforts of,208Friends' Association of Philadelphia, for the relief of colored Freedmen, the work of,207Friends' Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen,208Frink, S., a missionary in Georgia,11Fugitive Slave Law, effect of, on the migration of Negroes,122

Galbreth, George, election of, as bishop,105-106;dispute concerning,106Gales, G. W., in politics,226;religious efforts of,226Galphin, George, patron of the Silver Bluff Church,42Garnett, Henry Highland, the career of,175-176Garretson, Freeborn, attitude of, on Negro conversion,28Garrison, William L., interest of, in relief of freedmen,212George, David, pastor of the Silver Bluff Church,42;work of, in Nova Scotia,42;in Sierre Leone,42Georgia, the instruction of Negroes in,10-11;Negro Baptists in,112-118;reactionary laws of,132;Presbyterians of, interested in the Negro,155,157Gibbs, Thomas, the escape of a slave preacher from,72Gibson, Bishop, interested in proselyting Negroes,7;letters of,7Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, establishment of,136Gilliard, Nicholson, a supporter of Richard Allen,76Gloucester, John, a pioneer Presbyterian preacher,65-67Goff, Lyman B., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker,245Goose Creek Parish, Negroes of, instructed,7Graham, Solon, an early C. M. E. minister,196Graham, W. F., a minister in business,267Grant, Bishop, a useful churchman,238Great, Evans, a preacher in Savannah,112,113Green, A. R., an editor and Book Steward,102Green, Beriah, a friendly teacher of Negroes,175,176Gregg, David, interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker,245Gregg, Jacob, an Emancipating Baptist,35Grimes, Leonard, sketch of,180-182Grimké, F. J., position of,303Grouch, Job, a C. M. E. worker,196Growth of the Negro church,286-299Guy, Rev. Mr., a preacher to Negroes,8Gunner, Byron, the advanced position of,304

Haig, Mrs., interest of, in proselyting Negroes,7Hale, Edward Everett, a friend of the freedmen,213Hall, C., preaching of, to Negroes, in North Carolina,10Hall, Stephen, a supporter of Richard Allen,76Hamilton, Leroy, the master of Henry Francis,52Hamilton, William, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church,78-79Hampton Institute, the establishment of,204Hanover Presbytery, John Chavis a missionary for,68Harden, Henry, troubles of, with the A. M. E. Zion Church,82-83Harding, Henry, a supporter of Richard Allen,75-76Harper, Alexander, a co-worker of Morris Brown,76Harry, a Negro teacher in Charleston,8-9Haversham, Justice James, favorable to Andrew Bryan,49-50Hawkins, Gen. Rush C., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker,245Hawkins, John R., a business man in the church,267Hawthorne Keidor, a preacher to Negroes in Mobile,135Hayes, Gregory W., the work of,206;conflict of, with the American Baptist Home Mission Society,262Haygood, A. G., a friend of the freedmen,213Haynes, Lemuel, a scholarly Negro preacher to whites,62-65Henderson, Archibald, a student under John Chavis,70Henderson, John, a student under John Chavis,70Henderson, J., a preacher in Philadelphia,121Hepburn, John, a worker among Negroes,18Hogarth, George, election of as A. M. E. Book Steward,102Hogg, Kate, a member of the Savannah African Church,45Holly, J. T., the record of,179-180Holmes, Donald, an emancipating Baptist,35Holsey, L. H., an early C. M. E. preacher,196;elected bishop,196;work of,239-240Home missions of the Negro church,295-296Honyman, J., the efforts of, among Negroes,17Hood, Bishop James W., the religious work of,236;in politics,236-238Hopkins, Samuel, the interest of, in Negroes,36Houston, U. L., a pastor in Savannah,117Howard, O. O., an educator, of freedmen,215Howard University, the establishment of,204Huddlestone, work of, in New York,14Hunt, Rev. Mr., a teacher of Negroes,8Hurst, Bishop John, the faith of,301

Illinois, Negro Baptists in,122Independent church movement,71-99Intelligent people lost to the church,255-256;welcomed by others,256

Jack, Uncle, a pioneer Negro preacher in Virginia,55-56Jackson, Anderson, an early C. M. E. minister,196Jackson, Edward, a supporter of Richard Allen,76Jackson, William, a preacher in Philadelphia,121Jackson, Tennessee, C. M. E. Church organized at,195-196Jacksonville, Florida, Negro Baptist church in,118-119Jacob, a slave preacher, the escape of,72Jacobs, Francis, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church,78-79Jamaica, the work of George Liele in,43-46James, Thomas, an anti-slavery preacher,173Jasper, John, a popular Baptist preacher,238-239Jaudan, Rev. J., a preacher to Negroes in Florida,118Jenny, Rev. Mr., the work of, among Negroes,11Jernagin, W. H., a social welfare minister in Washington,278John Street Methodist Episcopal Church, troubles of,78,83-84Johnson, Adam, pastor of a schismatic church in Savannah,114Johnson, Dr., a worker at Stratford,17Johnson, D. L., a teacher of contrabands,215Johnson, Harvey, attack of, on white Baptists,261Johnson, Henry, a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church,104Johnson, Bishop J. Albert, foreign mission work of,296-297Johnson, M. W., a rising preacher in the Baptist Church,282Johnson, Robert, a pastor of Baptists in Washington, D. C.,282Johnson, W. B., a Baptist preacher in the District of Columbia,240Johnson, Bishop W. D., an A. M. E. minister of educational tendencies,278Jones, Absalom, a co-worker of Richard Allen,74;differing ideas of,75;rector of St. Thomas,75,94Jones, C. C., interest of, in the enlightenment of Negroes,153-155Jones, Joshua H., a substantial supporter of Wilberforce,264Jones, R. E., a bishop of the M. E. Church,299Jones, Thomas, escape of a slave preacher from,72Jones, William, a pioneer C. M. E. worker,196Jordan, L. G., interest of, in business,282;foreign mission work of,296


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