An apology for African Methodism
By: by Benj. T. Tanner
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: Apologetic works; History; Clergy; Biography; African American Methodists; African Americans; Religion; African American clergy; Methodism; Church history; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: Part I traces the development of the A.M.E. Church as a reform movement motivated by the conflict between physical slavery and the possibility of spiritual freedom. Part II has biographical sketches of church officials, from the officers and bishops of the General Conference down to the local ministers in each district which include direct quotes taken from autobiographical writings, poetry, sermons, and addresses. A notable section includes sketches of influential women in the A.M.E. Church and a comprehensive history for each of the conferences and districts, including statistical tables with information on church membership and finances, etc.
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: An apology for African Methodism / by Benj. T. Tanner. Baltimore : [s.n.], 1867. xxiii, [13]-468 p. ; 20 cm.

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