The History of the Negro Church

by Carter Godwin Woodson

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]