INDEX

Abbott, Lyman, interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Abrams, Joseph, a Negro preacher in Richmond, 163 Adams, Henry, pioneer Negro preacher in Louisville, 119 Adams, J. B., pastor of the Concord Baptist Church, 282 Afflictions, the effect of, 301-302 Africa, missionary work in, impeded, 309-311 African Civilization Society, the, achievements of, 211-212 A. M. E. Church, the establishment of, 72-78; troubles of, with the Zionites, 81-85; schools of, 205; educational program, 212 A. M. E. Zion Church, the beginnings of, 78-85; indecision of, 81-85; struggles of, 82-84; schism in, 106-107; schools of, 206 African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of America, established, 192 African Union Church organized, 107 Alabama, Negro churches in, 118; reactionary laws of, 132; Presbyterians in, 155, 156-157 Alexander, Dr. A., a friend of John Gloucester, 66 Allen, Richard, the work of, 73-78; recognition of, 73; early efforts, 74-75; elected bishop, 76; death of, 101 Allen University, the establishment of, 205 Allensworth, Allen, religious work of, 229; in politics, 229-230 Ambrose, F., a pioneer C. M. E. worker, 196 American Baptist Home Mission Association, efforts of, 209 American Baptist Home Mission Society, the, achievements of, 203, 209-210; the attack on, 261-264 American Freedmen's Aid Commission, the work of, 212 American Freedmen's Union Commission, the establishment of, 213 American Missionary Association, schools of, 203-204 American Union Commission, the, achievements of, 212-213 Americans, unfavorable attitude of, 41 Anderson, I. H., a pioneer C. M. E. preacher, 196 Anderson, Thomas, a preacher in Savannah, 116 Anderson, William, a supporter of Richard Allen, 76 Andrew, Governor John A., a friend of the freedmen, 213 Andrew, a pioneer Negro teacher in Charleston, 8-9 Anglican clergy, the attitude of, 20-24; corruption, 20, 21, 22 Anthony Street Church, establishment of, in Mobile, 135 Arnett, Bishop B. W., religious work of, 236; in politics, 235-236; effort of, to repeal "Black Laws," 236 Asbury, Bishop, the position of, 26, 28; work of, 28-30; recognition of Richard Allen by, 73 Ashmun Institute, the establishment of, 152 Atkinson, Edward, a friend of the freedmen, 213 Auchmutty, the work of, among Negroes in New York, 14 Austin, J. C., a popular preacher in Pittsburg, 282

Babbit, Bessie, white wife of Lemuel Haynes, 63 Bacon, Thomas, sermons of, on the instruction of Negroes, 23, 151-152 Bacote, S. W., a preacher in Missouri, 277-278 Bagnall, R. W., a social welfare minister, 277; advanced position of, 304 Ballou, Hosea, contest of, with Lemuel Haynes, 64 Baltimore, Baptist churches in, 111; Association for the moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People of, the efforts of, 208, 211 Baptists, early progress of, 85-91, 107-122, 298; reason for growth of, 108-109, 110; in the North, 120-122; statistics of schools of, 206; statistics of, 286, 296; division and increase of Negro Baptists, 256-257 Baptist Association of Western States and Territories, 200 Baptist conventions, the rise of, 199-201 Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, 201 Baptist Home Missionary Society, the American, the work of, 203, 209-210 Baptists (white) the Emancipating, 32-36 Baptists (white) the work of, among Negroes, 31-36; position in 1789, 32; anti-slavery work of, 32-36; the schism of, 130; interest of, in the Negro, 160 Baptized Licking-Locust Association, 36 Barclay, T., the work of, in New York, 15 Barnett, Nelson, a pioneer Baptist preacher of West Virginia, 240 Barrow, David, the position of, 33-34 Bartow, the work of, among Negroes, 11 Baxter, Richard, ideas of, carried out, 16 Beach, J., the work of, among Negroes, 16-17 Beckett, the work of, in Pennsylvania, 11 Beebe, J. A., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church, 196 Beecher, H. W., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Benezet, Anthony, a worker among Negroes in Philadelphia, 18 Bentley, George, a pioneer Negro preacher in Tennessee, 137 Bethel Church, organization of, 75 Bible, influence of, among Negroes, 266-272 Biddle University, the establishment of, 203 Binga, Anthony, a useful minister in Richmond, 240 Bishop, Bishop, election of, 106; schismatic connection of, 106-107 Bishop, Josiah, a Negro Baptist preacher among whites, 54-55 Bishops of England, interested in proselyting the Negroes, 6-7 Black Code, 5 Black Harry, a pioneer Methodist Negro preacher, 56-58 "Black Laws" of Ohio, efforts to have them repealed, 236 Blackburn, Gideon, master of John Gloucester, 66-67 Book Concern of the A. M. E. Church, established, 102 Booker, J. A., an educator, 206; opinion of, 302 Boone, L. W., a preacher of power in North Carolina, 240 Boston, the Negro Baptists in, 121 Boucher, Jonathan, the words of, 23-24 Boulden, J. F., in politics, 227-228; religious efforts of, 227 Bowen, J. W. E., a prominent candidate for bishop, 299 Bowling, R. H., a preacher of renown in Norfolk, 282 Boyd, R. H., head of the National Baptist Publishing House, 261, 297 Bradby, a social welfare minister, 277 Braxton, P. H. A., religious effort of, 228-229; in politics, 229 Bray, Dr. Thomas, the mission of, 10 British, favorable attitude of, 41 Brooks, Bishop Sampson, a popular social preacher, 278 Brooks, Philip, interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Brooks, Walter H., quotation from, 41-42; the education of, 217; attack of, on white Baptists, 261 Brooks, W. H., a Methodist minister in New York, 277 Brown, Marcus, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Brown, Morris, a pioneer African Methodist preacher in South Carolina, 76; elected bishop of A. M. E. Church, 101 Brown, William, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78 Brown, W. W., popular pastor in New York, 278 Browne, W. W., a minister in business, 267 Bryan, Andrew, efforts of, in Savannah, 43, 47-53; persecution of, 49-52 Bryan, Jonathan, master of Andrew Bryan, 49; his friend, 50 Bryan, Sampson, brother and co-worker of Andrew Bryan, 49-50 Bryant, Ira T., a publisher, 297 Bryant, William C., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Bryce, John, a preacher to Negroes, 160, 164 Bull, Henry, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Bumstead, Horace, an educator, 215 Burling, William, interest of, in Negroes, 18 Burns, Francis, a Negro made bishop to Africa by the Methodists, 189 Burroughs, N. H., the achievements of, 206 Burrows, pastor of the African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, 87 Burt, Thomas, a supporter of the work in Savannah, 48 Buxton, Fowell, a comment of, 27

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keith, George, promoter of religious training, 18 Kennedy, Dempsey, an anti-slavery preacher, 173 Kentucky, the Emancipating Baptists in, 34-36; Negro Baptists in, 119-120 Kirkland, Colonel, a friend of George Liele, 44, 45

Lambert, William, a pioneer Methodist preacher, 81; troubles with the A. M. E. Zion Church, 81; relations with Richard Allen, 80-82 Lane, Isaac, a bishop of the C. M. E. Church, 240 Lane, John W., a C. M. E. worker, 196 Lane College, the establishment of, 203 Latin element, missionary spirit of, 2 Law, Josiah, a preacher to Negroes, 155 Lawton, Bristol, a minister in Savannah, 117 Leadership in the Negro church, 280-281 Lee, George W., achievements of, 244 Lee, Bishop, President of Wilberforce, 238 Legislation, reactionary, 131-132 Lemon, William, a Negro Baptist preacher in Virginia, 53 Lexington, Kentucky, the Baptist Church in, 86; Negro Baptist Church in, 119 Liberty County, Georgia, instruction of Negroes in, 165 Liele, George, preacher at the Silver Bluff Church, 42; efforts of, in Savannah, 43-45; in Jamaica, 44-45 Lincoln University, development of, 203 Lindsay, the work of, in New Jersey, 12 Literature for religious instruction, 166 Livingston College, the establishment of, 205-206 Locke, a white minister interested in Thomas Paul, 88 Locke, John, the philosophy of, influential, 25 Locke, Richard, the work of, among Negroes, 11 London Freedmen's Aid Society, the work of, 208 Lott Cary Convention, organization, 262-263 Love, E. K., a popular preacher in Georgia, 240 Louisville, Negro Baptists in, 119

MacIntosh County, Georgia, instruction of Negroes in, 165 Macsparran, Dr., a worker among Negroes at Narragansett, 17 McClaskey, John, an adviser of the A. M. E. Zion Church, 79 McDonald, James, a co-worker with Negroes in Florida, 118 McKall, Basil, a preacher of power, 104 McLemore, James, an evangelist among Negroes, 137 McQueen, Steven, a preacher in Savannah, 116 McTyeire, interest of, in the Colored Methodist, 195 Management of the Church, the, questioned, 254 Manchester, Virginia, large Negro Baptist church in, 111-112 Manly, Governor Charles, a student under John Chavis, 70 Mangum, P. H., a student under John Chavis, 69 Mangum, W. P., a student under John Chavis, 69 Manning, J. M., a friend of the freedmen, 213 Mars, John N., an anti-slavery Methodist preacher, 173 Marsh, Jacob, a supporter of Richard Allen, 76 Marshall, Abraham, organizer of the Savannah Baptist Church, 48 Marshall, Andrew, a noted Baptist preacher in Savannah, 112; troubles of, 113-115; work of, 112-118 Martin, J. C., denominational work of, 297 Martin J. Sella, an eloquent preacher, 238 Maryland, Catholic workers among Negroes in, 4-5 Massachusetts Episcopal Association, the efforts of, 211 Mather, Cotton, interest of, in slaves, 15-16 Matthews, John, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Mayo, A. D., the efforts of, 214 Meacham, J. B., a pioneer Negro preacher in St. Louis, 120 Meade, Bishop, interest of, in the instruction of Negroes, 151-152 Methodist and Baptist attract Negroes, 196-197, 217 Methodists, African, in the North, 120-122; school statistics of, 203 Methodist Episcopal Church, position on slavery in 1784, 29; pioneer work among Negroes, 26-31; division of, on slavery, 123-124; interest of, in Negro uplift, 158-159; in the Civil War, 186-187, 189-192; attitude of, toward the Negroes, 188-192, 258-259; qualified recognition of Negroes, by, 191-192, 193-197 Mifflin, Warner, the memorial of, 38 Migration of Negro Methodists and Baptists, 122 Miles, W. H., one of the first bishops of the C. M. E. Church, 196 Miller, George Frazier, an Episcopal rector of Brooklyn, 277, 304 Miller, Kelly, opinion of, referred to, 280-281 Miller, Thomas, pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78 Miller, William, a pioneer preacher among the Methodists, 78; elected bishop of the A. M. E. Zion Church, 105; death of, 105 Missionaries, the attitude of the early, among Negroes, 1-2; in the West Indies, 26-27 Missionary work, the lack of, in America, 21; impeded in Africa, 309-311 Mississippi, the Presbyterians of, interested in the Negro, 155 Mixed churches, procedure in, 132-133 Mobile, a Negro church in, 118; establishment of the Anthony Street Church in, 135 Monks, Capucin, protest of, 3 Montague, Justice James, favorable to Andrew Bryan, 49-50 Montgomery, Alabama, Negro Baptists in, 118 Moore, Matthew, the pastor of whites and Negroes, 44 Moore, Bishop, election of, 105; retirement of, 105 Morehouse College, the establishment of, 203 Morris Brown University, the establishment of, 205 Morris, E. C., head of the National Baptist Convention, 261 Morris, Rev. Mr., a preacher in Virginia, 135 Moses, Rev. Mr., a worker among Negroes in Virginia, 53 Mound Bayou, mixed Baptist Church in, 86 Muir, a worker in Kentucky, 38

National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, the efforts of, 307 National Baptist Convention, 201; the fight of, against white Baptists, 257-264 National Freedmen's Relief Association, the work of, 207 Neal, Rev. Mr., the labors of, in Dover, 12 Neau, Elias, the work of, among Negroes in New York, 12-14 Negro Baptists, connection of, with white Baptists, 201 Negro Church, the, socialized, 266-285; a place for recreation, 267-268; educational institution, 268-273; a welfare agency, 273-277; leadership in, 280-281; the criticism of, 302-303; its present situation, 300-313 Negro ministers, restrictions upon, 131; the authority of, 278-279; unique position of, 281-282; still numerous, 304-305; in conflict with southern white ministers, 305-306; a redeeming force, 301 Negro schools established after the Civil War, 203-219 Negroes, the religious point of view of, 146-147 New England Missionary Convention, the, 200 New England, missionary work of, among Negroes, 15-17; Negro churches in, 121 New Haven, Connecticut, Negro Congregational Church in, 99 New Jersey, the conversion of Negroes in, 12 New York, the instruction of Negroes in, 12-15 New York City, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in, organized, 88-89 Newman, Rev. Mr., preaching of, to Negroes in North Carolina, 9-10 Norman, M. W. D., a preacher of power, 282 North, Negro Baptists in, 120, 122 North Carolina, the instruction of Negroes in, 9-10; the work of the Quakers in, 18; Negro Baptists of, organized the first State Convention, 199-200 Northern philanthropy, change in, 263-264 Northwestern Baptist Convention, 200 Northwestern Freedmen's Aid Commission, the work of, 207

Ohio, Negro Baptists in, 122 Olivet Baptist Church, the success of, 278-279 Olmsted, F. L., comment of, on religious instruction, 149-151; interest of, in the freedmen, 212 O'Neal, J. B., ideas of, as to Negro uplift, 164 Opinions, differences of, a difficulty, 19-20 Osborne, Justice Henry, favorable to Andrew Bryan, 49

Paine, Bishop Robert, interest of, in Colored Methodists, 195-196 Paine College, the establishment of, 205 Palmer, founder of the Church at Silver Bluff, 41-42 Pamphlet, Gowan, a preacher of the Negro race in Virginia, 53 Panama, de Luna Victoria, a bishop in, 4 Parsippany, Presbyterian School at, 152 Patterson, Robert, an elder in Kentucky, 38 Paul, Thomas, a pioneer Negro Baptist preacher in New England, 88-91; work of, in Boston, 88; efforts of, in New York, 89-90; missionary efforts of, 90-91 Payne, Bishop Daniel A., early work of, 171-172 Payne, C. H., religious work of, 230; in politics, 230-231 Penn, William, interest of, in Negroes, 18 Pennington, J. W. C., the achievements of, 178-179 Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association, the efforts of, 207 Pennsylvania, the missionary movement in, 11-12 Perkins, R. J., a pioneer preacher of West Virginia, 240 Perry, Rufus L., religious and educational work of, 242-244 Peru, a Negro bishop in, 4 Peter, Jesse, the work of, in reviving the Silver Bluff Church, 42 Petersburgh, Virginia, Baptist Church in, 53, 85 Philadelphia, the Negro Baptist Church of, established, 86; proslavery element in, 86-87 Philanthropy, northern, change in, 263-264 Phillips, C. H., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church, 240 Phillips, Doc., a pioneer Negro preacher, 137 Pierce, Edward L., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Pioneer Negro preachers, 40-70 Poindexter, James, a pioneer Negro Baptist preacher in Ohio, 122; religious efforts of, 223; in politics, 223-224 Politics, the call of, 220-246 Polk, Bishop, attitude of, toward the instruction of his slaves, 149-151 Pontier, Samuel, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78 Porteus, Bishop, interest of, in the salvation of Negroes, 7 Portsmouth, Virginia, Negro Baptist church in, 54-55, 111 Powell, A. C, a preacher with a following, 282 Preachers, Negro, pioneer work of, 40-70; educational work of, 168-169; as spokesmen of the Negroes, 169; interested in colonization, 170; in the underground railroad, 170, 171; in the press, 171 Preachers, Negro Pioneer, 40-70 Preachers of versatile genius, 167-184 Presbyterians, interest of, in Negroes, 97-98; failure to win Negroes, 98; position on slavery and the Negro, 36-39; position of in 1782, 36-37; pacifist letter of, 38-39; the attitude of, on slavery, 124-127, 128, 130; interest of, in the instruction of Negroes, 152-158; schools of, 203, 204, 205; educational work of, 210; attract Negroes, 256 Price, J. C., the record of, 206; the education of, 217 Primitive Baptist Church, Negroes separate therefrom, 192 Princeton, John Chavis at, 68 Proctor, H. H., church institutional work of, 276 Progressive Baptists, the separation of, from whites, 259-264 Progressive ideas in the Negro church, 247-265 Protestant Episcopal Freedmen's Commission, aid of, to Negroes, 211 Protracted meetings among Baptists, 143-144 Providence Baptist Association, organization of, 122 Pugh, the work of, among Negroes, 12

Quakers, the efforts of, among Negroes, 17-19 Quinn, W. P., a successful missionary, 101; elected bishop, 101

Race prejudice in the church, 305-309 Ranford, of Chowan, a preacher to Negroes, 9 Ransom, R. C., head of the Institutional Church, Chicago, 276; an editor, 297 Ray, Charles B., the work of, 173-174 Recent growth of the Negro church, 286-299 Recent statistics of the Negro church, 286-299 Reddick, M. W., a preacher of influence, 282 Relation of the individual to the church, differing ideas as to, 251-252 Relations of whites and blacks in churches, 132-134 Religion, differing ideas of, 250-251 Religious education as a preparation, 202-219 Religious instruction revived, 148-166 Revells, Hiram R., sketch of, 183-184 Rice, an elder in Kentucky, interested in the Negro, 38 Richard, a slave preacher, the escape of, 72 Riddle, J. M., a minister in California, 278 Riot of Negroes in New York in 1812, 14 Rippon, Dr., testimony of, as to Andrew Bryan, 51 Roberts, Isaac, a preacher in Savannah, 117 Roberts, John W., a Negro made bishop to Africa by the Methodists, 189 Roberts, R., the missionary work of, 100 Rockefeller, John D., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker, 245 Roger Williams University, the establishment of, 203 Rogers, E. P., a preacher before the Civil War, 179; poem of, on the Missouri Compromise, 179 Rose, David, friend of Lemuel Haynes, 62 Ross, the work of, in Pennsylvania, 11 Rush, Christopher, a pioneer in A. M. E. Zion Church, 85; election of, as bishop, 102; the success of, 102-103 Ryland, Robert, pastor of Negro church in Richmond, 111-112; work of, among Negroes, in Richmond, 135; promoter of religious instruction among Negroes, 161-163; comment on, 162-163

Samuels, an early C. M. E. worker, 196 Sandiford, Ralph, interest of, in Negroes, 18 Sandoval, Alfonso, protest of, in behalf of Negroes, 3 Savannah, resolutions of the Baptist Association of, on Andrew Bryan, 53; the Baptist Church in, 85; the churches of, 115-117 Sayre, J., the work of, among Negroes in New York, 15 Schism among white Methodists, effect of, on Negro Methodists, 83-84-85; in the Methodist Church, 123-124, 127-128, 130; in all churches, 123-147; in the Negro Baptist Church, 297-298 Schismatic movement in Negro church, 247-265; results from, 257-258 Scott, Daniel, a preacher in Philadelphia, 121 Scott, June, a pioneer Methodist preacher, 78; schismatic efforts of, 79-80 Secker, Bishop, sermon on conversion of Negroes, 7 Sewell, Jonathan, interest of, in slaves, 16 Shaw, Francis F., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Shaw University, the establishment of, 203 Simmons, William J., religious efforts of, 223; in politics, 223 Simpson, Hagar, a member of the Baptist Church in Savannah, 45 Simpson, Smart, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Slaves indoctrinated, 3 Smith, Bishop C. S., educational efforts of, 297 Smith, George, an Emancipating Baptist, 35 Socializing the Negro church, 266-285 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, organized, 6; the work of, 6-22 South Carolina, Negroes in, instructed, 7; a Negro school in, 8; Negro Baptists in, 112; Methodists in, interested in Negro uplift, 158-159 Southern Baptist Convention, 200 Sovereigns of Europe, change of attitude of, toward Negro, 2 Spain, decrees of, as to indoctrinating slaves, 3 Spanish sovereigns, missionary spirit of, 1 Spencer, Peter, a pioneer Negro preacher, 76 Spywood, election of, as bishop, 104-105 St. George Methodist Episcopal Church, in Philadelphia, trouble in, 73 St. James, an Episcopal Church established in Baltimore, 96 St. Louis, Negro Baptists in, 120 St. Phillips Church, episcopal, established in New York, 94-95 St. Thomas, an episcopal church established in Philadelphia, 94 Statistics on Negro membership in mixed churches, 146; of Freedmen Aid Societies, 206-208; of the Negro church, 286-299 Stevens, David, a preacher of power, 104 Stewart, John, a pioneer Negro preacher in Ohio, 58-61 Stewart, Rev. Mr., a missionary in North Carolina, 10 Stiles, Ezra, interest in the Negro, 36 Storer, Bellamy, interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Stokes, W. H., a forceful preacher in Richmond, 241 Stoupe, the work of, in New York, 15 Straight College, the establishment of, 204 Stratton, Daniel, a pioneer preacher of West Virginia, 240 Struggle between the conservative and the progressive in the Negro church, 247-265 Sturgeon, W., the work of, among Negroes, 11-12

Taft, William H., interested in the preaching of Charles T. Walker, 245 Talented Negroes in conflict with the conservatives, 247-265 Talladega College, the establishment of, 203-204 Tanner, Bishop B. T., comment of, 92-93; a power in the A. M. E. Church, 239 Tanner, C. M., an African Methodist preacher in Washington, 240 Tapsico, Jacob, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 75 Tarrant, Carter, an Emancipating Baptist, 35 Taylor, Charles, the work of, in New York, 15 Taylor, Rev. E., interest of, in the enlightenment of Negroes, 7-8 Teague, Collin, a co-worker of Lott Cary, 139-140 Tennessee, Baptists in, 119; George Bentley's work in, 137 Terrell, L., pastor of Negro Baptist Church in Lexington, 119 Thiergood, R. T., an early C. M. E. worker, 196 Thomas, Samuel, a teacher of Negroes, 7 Thompson, Abraham, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78-79; schismatic efforts of, 79-80, 81 Tindley, C. A., a preacher of power, 244 Toronto, Negro Baptists in, 122; Methodists in, 122 Tougaloo University, the establishment of, 204 Transylvania, the Presbytery of, concerned with the Negroes, 38 Trujillo, a Negro bishop in, 4 Turner, Bishop H. M., religious work of, 232; in politics, 232-234 Turner, Nat, the effect of the insurrection of, 52, 69 Turpin, London, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76

Uncle Jack, a Negro pioneer preacher, 55-56 Union American Methodist Episcopal Church organized, 107 Union Church of Africans, organized, 107 Union Seminary, the forerunner of Wilberforce, 205 Unwritten law as to holding Christians slaves, 4 Usher, J., the work of, among Negroes, 16

Vanderhorst, R. H., a pioneer preacher in the C. M. E. Church, 196; elected bishop, 196 Varick, James, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78; elected bishop, 85; death of, 102 Vaughn, Richard, a preacher in Philadelphia, 121 Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, 282 Vesey, a supporter of Negro missions, 13 Vesey, Denmark, the effect of the insurrection of, 78 Vices, so-called, 253 Victoria, Francisco Xavier de Luna, a churchman of Negro blood, 4 Virginia, Quakers in, 17-18; Emancipating Baptists in, 32-34; Negro Baptists in, 53-54: reactionary laws of, 131 Virginia Theological Seminary and College, the establishment of, 206

Waldron, J. M., church institutional work of, 276; in politics, 312 Walker, C. T., a preacher of power, 245-246 Walker, William, opposition of, to work of John Stewart, 60 Walters, Bishop A., church work of, 311-312; in politics, 312 Ward, Samuel R., record of, 182-183; Frederick Douglass' opinion of, 183 Watcoat, Richard, recognition of Richard Allen by, 73 Waters, Edward, ordained assistant bishop, 101 Webster, Thomas, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 75 Wells, Richard, a useful minister in Richmond, 240 West Indies, missionaries to Negroes in, 4 Western Colored Baptist Convention, organization of, 122 Western Freedmen's Aid Commission, the work of, 207 Western University, the establishment of, 205 Wesley, John, the position of, 26 White, J. T., in politics, 225; religious efforts of, 225 White, Sampson, a pioneer preacher in the Baptist Church, 110-111; preaching of, in New York, 121; pastor of the Gillfield Baptist Church, 136 White, W. J., a successful minister, 240 White, William, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 74-75 White man's standard, an influence, 252-253 Whitefield, George, the position of, on the Negro, 26 Whitmore, the work of, in New York, 14 Whittier, John G., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Wilberforce University, the establishment of, 205 Williams, John A., a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 104; a noted revivalist, 104 Williams, L. K., popular pastor in Chicago, 278; social work of, 278-279 Williams, Peter, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78; rector of St. Phillips in New York, 94-95; his lack of force, 95 Williams, Richard, a supporter of Richard Allen, 75 Williams, R. S., a bishop of the C. M. E. Church, 240 Williamsburg, Virginia, the Baptist Church in, 1785, 53 Williamson, Edward, a supporter of Richard Allen, 76 Willis, J. E., a preacher of power, 282 Willis, Joseph, a pioneer preacher in the South, 86 Wood River Baptist Association, organization of, 122 Woods, R. C., progress of the Virginia Theological Seminary under, 264 Woolman, John, efforts of, for enlightenment of Negroes, 18 Worlds, J. J., a pioneer preacher of North Carolina, 240 Worship, mode of, questioned, 254-255 Wortham, Dr. James F., a student under John Chavis, 70 Wright, R. R., editor and publisher, 297

Yates, a worker in Pennsylvania, 11 Young Negroes in conflict with the old in the church, 247-249

Transcriber's Note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. "THE FIRST COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA" [in the caption of the image] is listed as "The Oldest Negro Baptist Church in the United States" in the list of illustrations.