A history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Subtitle: the only one in the United States of America, styled Bethel Church, (Gen. xxviii. 19.) : to be held forth in remembrance of the right Reverend Richard Allen, first Bishop of the Connection
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Doctrines; African American churches; African Americans; Religion; Church history; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: This History of the African Methodist Church briefly sketches the establishment of the Church and discusses the people involved in its history, including Richard Allen. Topics discussed by Cannon include the Church's missions to Africa, marriage, and the role of the ministry. He concludes with what he calls a "brief commentary" on the Old and New Testaments.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.

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Transcribed from: A history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church : the only one in the United States of America, styled Bethel Church, (Gen. xxviii. 19.) : to be held forth in remembrance of the right Reverend Richard Allen, first Bishop of the Connection. Rochester [N.Y.] : published by Rev. N.C.W. Cannon, 1842 (Rochester : Strong & Dawson, printers). 44 p. ; 23 cm.

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