The History of the Negro Church

by Carter Godwin Woodson

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]