CONTENTS

[I.—Early Missionaries and the Negro] 1

[II.—The Dawn of the New Day] 23

[III.—Pioneer Negro Preachers] 40

[IV.—The Independent Church Movement] 71

[V.—Early Development] 100

[VI.—The Schism and the Subsequent Situation] 123

[VII.—Religious Instruction Revived] 148

[VIII.—Preachers of Versatile Genius] 167

[IX.—The Civil War and the Church] 185

[X.—Religious Education as a Preparation] 202

[XI.—The Call of Politics] 220

[XII.—The Conservative and Progressive] 247

[XIII.—The Negro Church Socialized] 266

[XIV.—The Recent Growth of the Negro Church] 286

[XV.—The Negro Church of To-day] 300

[Index] 315