Stokely Sturgis Bible
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This much-used bible belonged to Delaware farmer Stokely Sturgis, who converted to the growing Methodist movement through the influence of an enslaved man named Richard Allen. Moved by Methodism’s indictment of slaveholding, Sturgis agreed to sell Allen his freedom. Allen became a preacher and moved to Philadelphia. He founded the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church there in 1794.
place: label: DELETE
content: United States: Delaware, Kent
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: Delaware, Kent
topic: label: Subject
content: African American History
label: Subject
content: Bible
label: Subject
content: Christianity
label: Subject
content: Methodism
label: Subject
content: Slavery
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
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content: Religion
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Caroline L. and Nelson C. Simonson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0296.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0296.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 6.5 cm x 20 cm x 25 cm; 2 9/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 9 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, loose pages, group of: 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 10 in; .3175 cm x 20.0025 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, book: 2 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 23.495 cm x 27.305 cm