1712 Slave insurrection in New York City. The Ursuline nuns of New Orleans concentrate on a mission to black catholics of the area. The Great Awakening begins in Massachusetts. The movement spreads to other areas, encouraging new religious fervor among both blacks and whites. This movement encourages blacks to join the Methodist and Baptist Churches.
Black preachers minister to free and enslaved blacks.
Small, independent, black congregations begin to emerge in the south. Probably the first recorded black congregation is organized on the plantation of William Byurd in Mecklenburg, Virginia. It is a baptist congregation. The Silver Bluff Baptist Church in Silver Bluff, South Carolina is organized. This is the first separate black church in the United States and is lead by George Liele and David George.