Whether or not the author has done this task well is a question which the public must decide. This work does not represent what he desired to make it. Many facts of the past could not be obtained for the reason that several denominations have failed to keep records and facts known to persons now active in the church could not be collected because of indifference or the failure to understand the motives of the author. Not a few church officers and ministers, however, gladly coöperated with the author in giving and seeking information concerning their denominations. Among these were Mr. Charles H. Wesley, Prof. J. A. Booker, and Dr. Walter H. Brooks. For their valuable assistance the author feels deeply grateful.
CARTER G. WOODSON.
Washington, D. C., September, 1921.
CONTENTS
[I.—Early Missionaries and the Negro] 1
[II.—The Dawn of the New Day] 23
[III.—Pioneer Negro Preachers] 40