[618] N. Y. Times, Aug. 30, 1865.
[619] Rev. J. William Jones, “The Great Revival in the Southern Armies”; Rev. J. William Jones, “Confederate Military History,” Vol. XII, p. 119 et seq.; Bennett, “The Great Revival in the Southern Armies”; Alexander, “History of the Methodist Church South,” p. 74.
[620] Hague, “Blockaded Family,” pp. 111, 112, 142; Ball, “Clarke County,” p. 283.
[621] For one instance, see Hague, “Blockaded Family,” p. 141; and for others, Jones on the “Morale of the Confederate Armies,” in Vol. XII, “Confederate Military History.”
[622] By the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, there was appropriated for slave missions in the state
| From 1829 to 1844 | $17,366.36 | |
| From 1845 to 1864 | 340,166.67 |
Before the separation the planters were not favorably inclined toward Methodist missionaries on account of the attitude of the northern section of the church. They preferred the Baptists and Presbyterians, who did most of their work with the blacks in connection with the white congregations. After the separation, in 1845, there was a greater demand for Methodist missionaries. Many planters of the Episcopal Church paid the salaries of Baptist and Methodist missionaries to their slaves, and erected chapels for their use. Harrison, “Gospel among the Slaves,” pp. 302, 312, 313, 326. In 1860 there were 20,577 negro southern Methodists in Alabama, about half of whom were attached to the white churches and the rest to plantation missions. The number was rapidly increasing. The number of negro Baptists was much greater, but there are no exact statistics of membership. There were smaller numbers in all the other churches.
[623] The following statistics relate to colored mission work by the Methodists:—
| Year | Number of Missions | Members | Missionaries | Appropriations |
| 1859 | 38 | 8381 | 39 | $25,849.10 |
| 1860 | 40 | 9208 | 40 | 27,091.66 |
| 1861 | 40 | —— | 40 | 27,091.66 |
| 1862 | 36 | 8962 | 35 | 10,800.00 |
| 1863 | 37 | 9020 | 37 | 31,311.59 |
| 1864 | 22 | 5153 | 22 | 24,508.00 |
| (Montgomery Conference) | ||||
| 1864 | 23 | 5684 | 33 | 26,938.16 |
| (Mobile Conference) | ||||
| 1865 | Some money was raised in 1864 for 1865. |
The General Conference raised, in 1862, $93,509.87 for negro missions; in 1864, $158,421.96; and, for 1865, $80,000.