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  • "'WHAR MEK YOU WANTER GO IN SWIMMIN'?'" From An Elephant's Track and Other Stories.


  • "BETTING" A NEGRO IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, Page 69. From Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life.


  • "I stood and heard it. It touched my heart, and I cried out: 'I wonder if Jesus Christ died for me.' " To face p 30. From An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged.


  • [Cover Image] From The Conjure Woman.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement Relating Interesting Experiences in Days of Slavery and Freedom.


  • [Frontispiece Image] "The High Court of Justice of the Anglo-Saxon race suddenly transformed into a Negro minstrel farce" [See page 306] From The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire.


  • [Frontispiece Image] UNCLE REMUS AND HIS DECEITFUL JUG From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.


  • [Frontispiece Image] J. W. HOLLEY, EVANGELIST From The Old Faithful Servant: Life History of J.W. Holley: Born and Reared a Slave: After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master's Vineyard.


  • [Frontispiece Image] Quamino. From Memoir of Quamino Buccau, a Pious Methodist.


  • [Frontispiece Image] REV. D. F. DAVIS. From The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church. With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847. Also, a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou, of the A. M. E. C. and His Ministerial Labors. To Which Is Annexed the Funeral Discourse Delivered at the Ohio Conference, in Zanesville, on the Decease of the Rev. D. F. Davis, by the Author.


  • [Image of First Page] Reader, here is the picture of the poor, way-faring, degraded Aaron. From The Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron's History.


  • [Portrait] From Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843.


  • [Title Page Image] From From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery.


  • [Title Page Image] From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.


  • [Vignette] From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.


  • A NEGRO HUNT IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, Page 137. From Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and His Experience of Slavery in South Carolina. Written by Himself. Corrected and Arranged by Peter Neilson.


  • ALEXANDER CLARK. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ALEXANDER CRUMMELL From The History of the Negro Church.


  • ALEXANDER CRUMMELL, D.D. Rector Emeritus of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C.; Author of "Africa and America;" Missionary for Twenty Years in Africa From Africa and the American Negro: Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa: Held under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.


  • ALEXANDER CRUMMELL. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • Alexander Walters [Frontispiece Image] From My Life and Work.


  • ALFRED W. NICHOLSON From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army.


  • "ANY BOAT GONE UP?" From Life on the Mississippi.


  • AT THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOP DELANY From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • AUGUSTUS TOLTON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman; Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West.


  • The author and his mother arrested and carried back into slavery. From Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself.


  • THE AUTHOR AND TWO OF HIS MINISTERIAL SONS [Frontispiece Image] From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • The Author as a Steward on the Delaware. The cabins were always clean and in good order; due respect paid to the owners and officers; and every attention to all passengers. From The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa.


  • THE AUTHOR AT 17. From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • The author caught by the bloodhounds. (See p.21.) From Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself.


  • B. K. BRUCE. From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • B. K. BRUCE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • B. T. TANNER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • B. T. WASHINGTON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • B. W. ARNETT. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • BALL CLUB. From Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers, Mrs. M. F. Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner.


  • THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE OF CHURCH WORKERS From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • BENJAMIN W. ARNETT, D.D. From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • BISHOP A. GRANT. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP A. WALTERS, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [BISHOP ABRAHAM GRANT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP ALEXANDER W. WAYMAN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP B. F. LEE, D.D., LL.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP B. T. TANNER, D.D., LL.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP B. W. ARNETT (See sketch Page 25) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP B. W. ARNETT. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • [BISHOP BENJAMIN F. LEE, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [BISHOP BENJAMIN WILLIAM ARNETT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP C. H. PHILLIPS, D.D. [2nd Frontispiece Image] From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP C. H. PHILLIPS, LL.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP C. S. SMITH, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP C. T. SHAFFER, M.D., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP CHARLES CALVIN PETTEY, A.M., D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [BISHOP CHARLES SPENCER SMITH.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP CHRISTOPHER RUSH From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP CHRISTOPHER RUSH. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP D. A. PAYNE. From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • BISHOP D. A. PAYNE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP D. J. RUSSELL, D. D. President of the Philadelphia and New Jersey District of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church, [Frontispiece Image] From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • BISHOP D. M. BROWN, Gramgling, La. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • BISHOP DANIEL A. PAYNE From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP DANIEL A. PAYNE, D.D., L.L.D. [Frontispiece Image] From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • Bishop Daniel A. Payne. Bishop James A. Shorter. Dr. John G. Mitchell. FOUNDERS OF WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY. From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP DEMBY BISHOP HOLLY BISHOP DELANY From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • BISHOP E. W. LAMPTON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Bishop Edward Waters. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • BISHOP EDWARD WATERS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP ELIAS COTTRELL, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP ELIAS COTTRELL, D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP EVANS TYREE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [BISHOP EVANS TYREE.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP FERGUSON BISHOP PAYNE BISHOP GARDINER From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • BISHOP G. W. STEWART, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP H. B. PARKS, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP H. M. TURNER From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP H. M. TURNER First bishop of A. M. E. Church to visit South Africa. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP H. M. TURNER, D.D. Of the African Methodist Episcopal Church: Editor of the Voice of Missions, Atlanta From Africa and the American Negro: Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa: Held under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.


  • BISHOP H. M. TURNER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER, Of the A. M. E. Church. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • [BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP HOLSEY, of the C. M. E. Church. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP I. C. CLINTON, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP ISAAC LANE, LL.D. (At sixty years of age.) From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP ISAAC LANE. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP ISAAC NELSON ROSS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. A. BEEBE. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP J. A. BEEBE. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP J. A. HAMLETT, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP J. ALBERT JOHNSON Retiring bishop of South Africa. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. ALBERT JOHNSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. C. CAMPBELL From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • BISHOP J. C. EMBRY, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. C. MARTIN, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP J. H. ARMSTRONG (See sketch Page 25) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. H. HENDERSON, Hot Springs, Ark. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • BISHOP J. J. CLINTON. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP J. J. MOORE. BISHOP S. T. JONES. BISHOP J. W. HOOD. BISHOP J. P. THOMPSON. BISHOP T. H. LOMAX. BISHOP W. H. HILLERY. From History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York.


  • BISHOP J. M. BROWN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. M. CONNER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. S. FLIPPER, D.D., LL.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP J. VARRICK, NO. 1, A FOUNDER. BISHOP C. RUSH, NO. 2, A FOUNDER. MOTHER CHURCH, IN N. Y. BISHOP WM. MILLER. NO. 3, A FOUNDER. BISHOP G. GALBREATH, NO. 4, A FOUNDER. From History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York.


  • BISHOP J. W. HOOD From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP J. W. HOOD [Frontispiece Image] From Sketch of the Early History of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with Jubilee Souvenir and Appendix.


  • BISHOP J. W. HOOD, D.D., LL.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP J. W. MCKINNEY, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP JAMES A. SHORTER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP JOHN HURST. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP JOHN J. MOORE, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP JOSEPH P. THOMPSON, M.D., D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP JOSHUA H. JONES, D.D., LL.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP L. A. HOLSEY D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP L. H. HOLSEY., D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP M. B. SALTER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP M. F. JAMISON, D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP M. J. JAMISON, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP M. M. MOORE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [BISHOP MOSES B. SALTER.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP N. C. CLEAVES, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP N. C. CLEAVES, D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP PHILLIP BERRYMAN LEWIS. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • BISHOP R. A. CARTER, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP R. A. CARTER, D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP R. R. DISNEY. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP R. S. WILLIAMS, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP R. S. WILLIAMS, D.D. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP R. T. BROWN, D.D. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN Founder of the A. M. E. Church. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church From A Narrative of the Negro.


  • BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN. [Frontispiece Image] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP RICHARD H. CAIN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP S. D. TOLBOT BISHOP P. ROSS. BISHOP J. TOPPAN. BISHOP J. D. BROOKS. BISHOP J. W. LOGUEN. From History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York.


  • BISHOP S. T. JONES. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • BISHOP T. H. LOMAX, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Bishop T. M. D. Ward, D D. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • BISHOP T. M. D. WARD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP W. B. DERRICK From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP W. B. DERRICK, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP W. H. BISHOP. BISHOP J. J. CLINTON. BISHOP G. A. SPYWOOD. BISHOP J. SIMMONS. BISHOP S. T. SCOTT. From History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York.


  • BISHOP W. H. MILES, of the C. M. E. Church. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • BISHOP W. H. MILES. From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • BISHOP W. H. MILES. From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • BISHOP W. J. GAINES From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • BISHOP W. J. GAINES. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP W. W. BECKETT Present bishop of South Africa. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP W. W. HILL. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • [BISHOP WESLEY J. GAINES, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [BISHOP WILLIAM B. DERRICK.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • BISHOP WILLIAM PAUL QUINN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BISHOP WILLIAM WESLEY BECKETT, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Bishop Willis Nezery. Bishop D. A. Payne, D.D. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • BISHOP WM. FISHER DICKERSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • BLIND TOM. From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • Brave Colored Artillerist. Page 23. Peter Salem, the Colored American, at Bunker Hill. Page 21. From The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans.


  • C. B. PURVIS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • C. H. RICHARDSON. T. L. JOHNSON. MRS. RICHARDSON. MRS. JOHNSON. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • C. S. BROWN, D. D., Winston, N. C. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • C. S. RANDLE, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • CAPS AND BAGS MADE OF GRASS, AND AN IDOL GIVEN UP BY A CONVERT. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • CAPT. MIRON W. SAXTON CAPT. L. W. METCALF CAPT. A. W. JACKSON CORPORAL PETER WAGGALL From Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S. C. Volunteers.


  • [Chad "dishin' the Dinner"] From Colonel Carter of Cartersville.


  • ["Chad was groaning under a square wicker basket"] From Colonel Carter of Cartersville.


  • CHAPLAIN GEORGE W. PRIOLEAU, U. S. A. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • CHAPLAIN OSCAR J. W. SCOTT, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Chaplain T. G. Steward [Frontispiece Image] From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • CHAPLAIN T. G. STEWARD From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • CHARLES L. REASON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • CHARLES R. DOUGLASS. From Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings.


  • CHARLES VICTOR ROMAN, M.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • CHAS. H. PARRISH, A. B., A. M. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • CHAS. L. PURCE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • CITY MINISTERS' UNION, New Orleans. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • CONCEALED IN THE BRAKE. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • Connection of the Author with the Church. "One thing I desire, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." From The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa.


  • CONNIE CALVIN ALEXANDER From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • CORN PLANTED IN NEW GROUND. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • CORN-SHUCKING SONG. From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.


  • "COULDN'T I SLEEP IN DE KITCHEN?" From Dialect Tales.


  • COUNTING THE VOTE. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • [Cover Image] From The Silver Bluff Church. A History of Negro Baptist Churches in America.


  • [Cover Image] From The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones.


  • [Cover Image] From The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, who was a Slave for Forty-Three Years.


  • [Cover Image] From Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who Was for Forty Years a Slave. Also the Surprising Adventures of Wild Tom, of the Island Retreat, a Fugitive Negro from South Carolina.


  • [Cover Image] From The Anderson Surpriser. Written After He Was Seventy-Five Years of Age. The Author Was Born in Liberty County, Ga., on the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, 1819, and United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Year 1839. This Book Contains an Account of His Florida and Northern Trip, Written by Himself, Giving Much Valuable Information of the People Among Whom He Had Been Several Months.


  • Crispus Attucks, the First Martyr of the American Revolution, King (now State) Street, Boston, March 5th, 1770. Page 16. [Frontispiece Image] From The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans.


  • D. A. GADDIE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • D. A. PAYNE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • D. A. STRAKER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • "Dancing! I love it, night or day: There's nought on earth so jolly." From Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne.


  • DAVID ABNER, JR From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • "DE PARSTER OF DE FUST METHODIS' CHURCH, LIMITED.&rdquo [Page 32. [Frontispiece Image] From Dialect Tales.


  • "DE WELL!" SHRIEKED MOTHER POP. From Dialect Tales.


  • DEACON ANDREW J. TABB From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • [Deacon C. L. DeLamotta] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Deacon E. C. Johnson] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Deacon Frank M. Williams] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Deacon James H. Hooker] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Deacon Joseph C. Williams] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Deacon March Haynes] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • "Down the steep banks would come kaleidoscopic processions of negroes and flour barrels." [Page 259.] From The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.


  • DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. From A Narrative of the Negro.


  • DR. C. L. FISHER, Birmingham, Ala. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • DR. CHARLES T. WALKER AT THIRTY YEARS OF AGE. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • DR. CHARLES T. WALKER, 44 YEARS OF AGE. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • DR. ELIAS G. EVANS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • DR. G. M. TILLMAN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • DR. H. C. COTTON. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • DR. H.R. HAWKINS, Xenia, Ohio,Post Graduate, Hahneman College, Philadelphia, Pa. From What Experience Has Taught Me: An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton.


  • DR. HARVEY JOHNSON, Baltimore, Md. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • DR. J. A. DENNIS, Seguin, Texas. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • DR. J. FRANK McDONALD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • DR. JAMES MCCUNE SMITH, From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • DR. JAMES POINDEXTER Pioneer Baptist preacher in Ohio. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • DR. M. C. B. MASON A pulpit orator in the Methodist Church. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • DR. PRESTON TAYLOR, Nashville, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • DR. ROBERT FULTON BOYD. Nashville, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • DR. RUFUS L. PERRY From The History of the Negro Church.


  • DR. S. E. SMITH, Owensboro, Ky. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • DR. T. A. CURTIS, Montgomery, Ala. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • DR. T. H. JACKSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Dr. Thomas Kennard, Prominent in the Canadian Work with Bishop Nazrey. Went to England and collected money with which to extend the work. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Dr. U. G. Mason, Physician and Surgeon, Birmingham, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • DR. W. E. BURGHARDT DUBOIS. From A Narrative of the Negro.


  • DR. W. G. ALEXANDER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • DR. W. H. SUGGS. Little Rock. Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • DR. WILLIAM J. SIMMONS From The History of the Negro Church.


  • E. C. Morris, D. D. [Frontispiece Image] From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • E. M. BRAWLEY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • E. P. M'CABE. JOHN. R. LYNCH. T. M`CANTS STEWART. C. H. PARRISH. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • E. W. BLYDEN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • E. W. S. HAMMOND, D.D. Editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La. From Africa and the American Negro: Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa: Held under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.


  • ELDER A. H. SAMUELS. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER AUDER BACK FLOOD. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • Elder C. L. Fisher, D. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER C. L. ROBERTS, D. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER C. W. BROOKS, 1136 Cherokee St., New Orleans, La. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER E. M. MIX From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • ELDER F. J. DAVIDSON, A. M., D. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER GEORGE W. WALKER. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • Elder H. B. N. Brown, B. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER I. A. CARTER. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER J. L. BURRELL, D. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER JACKSON J. FULLER. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER L. ALLEN, SR. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • ELDER L. FORD, Benton, La. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • Elisha W. Green [Frontispiece Image] From Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and Paris. Written by Himself.


  • ELIZABETH GADSDEN-STEWARD T. G. STEWARD Embarking To Charleston From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • [Illustration] From Life on the Mississippi.


  • EMPTYING THE WOOD-FLAT. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • ENJOYING LIFE AFTER FORTY YEARS' TOIL. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • Equipped with the fastest steed of days past, Peter Bruner was the fleet and much-wanted messenger "boy" of Miami University folks. From A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom. Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle.


  • EUGENE BURKINS. Inventor of the Burkins Automatic Machine-Gun. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • THE EXPLOSION. A STARTLED BARBER. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • F. L. CARDOZA. JOHN S. LEARY. JOHN O. CROSBY. E. S. PORTER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • F. S. DELANEY, A.B. JOHN GIBSON. UNDER GRADUATES. From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • FACULTY AND STUDENTS. From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • "FOR LAGNIAPPE." From Life on the Mississippi.


  • FOUR GENERATIONS. Mrs. Suggs, Daughter, Grandson and Great-Granddaughter. From Shadow and Sunshine.


  • Fraternally yours W J. Gaines. [Frontispiece Image] From African Methodism in the South; or, Twenty-Five Years of Freedom.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLAS. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • Frederick Douglass From A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Colored Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS MRS. F. E. W. HARPER BISHOP HOLLY [Frontispiece Image] From Men of Maryland.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JR. From Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS. From Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • FREDERICK DOUGLASS. From A Narrative of the Negro.


  • Alexander W. Wayman [Frontispiece Image] From My Recollections of African M. E. Ministers, or Forty Years' Experience in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney, During the Late War.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave,Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man.


  • "THIS IS THE WOMAN, AND I AM THE MAN" (page 24) [Frontispiece Image] From The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line.


  • [Frontispiece Image] Moses Roper [Signed]. In 1840. From Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter.


  • [Frontispiece Image] BISHOP ISAAC LANE, LL.D. (AT EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE) From Autobiography of Bishop Isaac Lane, LL.D. with a Short History of the C.M.E. Church in America and of Methodism.


  • G. W. GAYLES. H. N. JETER. DANIEL JONES. J. T. WHITE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America.


  • GEORGE W. GAINES From "In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.


  • GEORGE W. WILLIAMS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • GEORGE WALKER From "In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.


  • GRANVILLE T. WOODS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • GUSTAVUS VASSA. OR Olaudah Equiano. From A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Colored Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race.


  • H. C. SMITH. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • H. M. TURNER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • H. O. WAGONER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • HALLIE Q BROWN. S. T. MITCHELL. JOHN HURST. From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • HARRY SMITH. [Frontispiece Image] From Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America.


  • HARVEY JOHNSON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ["Like an ebony Statue of Liberty"] From Colonel Carter of Cartersville.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery, Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide. Written from a Statement of Facts Made by Himself. With Remarks Upon the Remedy for Slavery. By Charles Stearns.


  • HENRY C. DUGAS. FORMER SECRETARY OF DR. WALKER, NOW PERSONAL SECRETARY FOR GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • HENRY F. WILLIAMS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • HENRY HIGHLAND GARNETT From The History of the Negro Church.


  • HENRY HIGHLAND GARNETT. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • Henry O. Flipper 2d Lieut 10th Cavy. From The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy.


  • Hon. A. H. Curtis, Ex-Senator to Alabama Legislature from Perry County. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. [2nd Frontispiece Image] From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.


  • HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. THE NEGRO STATESMAN AND ORATOR. From The Tragedy of the Negro in America: a Condensed History of the Enslavement, Sufferings, Emancipation, Present Condition and Progress of the Negro Race in the United States of America.


  • HON. G. W. LOWE, Holly Grove, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [HON. GEORGE T. ROBINSON] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • HON. GEORGE W. ELLIS, F.R.G.S. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • HON. H. C. SMITH. Cleveland, Ohio. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • HON. J. C. DANCY. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • HON. J. T. SETTLE, Memphis, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • HON. J. W. LYONS, Washington, D. C. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • HON. JOHN M. LANGSTON, A.B., A.M., LL.D. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • HON. MAHLON VAN HORNE From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • [HON. ROBERT C. BARNES] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • HON. ROBERT PURVIS. From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • HON. TAYLOR G. EWING, Nashville, Tenn. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • "I MADE A DESPERATE EFFORT."--Page 44. From Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.


  • I. E. ALSUP, Nashville, Tenn. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • I. M. BURGAN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • [Illustration] From Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave.


  • [Illustration] From Life on the Mississippi.


  • [Illustration] From Dialect Tales.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who Was for Forty Years a Slave. Also the Surprising Adventures of Wild Tom, of the Island Retreat, a Fugitive Negro from South Carolina.


  • IN THE AUDITORIUM AT LONDON, IN 1894. From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT. From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • INMAN E. PAGE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • IRA ALDRIDGE AS "OTHELLO." From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ISAAC B. F. MOORE. [Frontispiece Image] From Reminiscences of Isaac and Sukey, Slaves of B. F. Moore, of Raleigh, N.C.


  • ISRAEL LA FAYETTE BUTT, D.D. [Frontispiece Image] From History of African Methodism in Virginia, or Four Decades in the Old Dominion.


  • "IT WUZ ANNIKY'S TEEF." From Dialect Tales.


  • J. A. ARNEAUX. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. A. BROWN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. B. FIELDS From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. C. FARLEY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. C. MATHEWS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. C. PRICE An orator and educator in the church. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • J. C. PRICE. From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • J. C. PRICE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. E. BRUCE. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • J. E. BRYANT, Barber, Paducah, Ky. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • J. E. JONES. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. F. BOULDEN. W. T. DIXON. C. C. VAUGHN. M. CAMPBELL. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. H. BURRUS. J. D. BALTIMORE. WILEY JONES. J. R. CLIFFORD. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. J. IRVINE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. J. SPELMAN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. M. GREGORY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. P. CAMPBELL. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. T. SETTLE From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • J. T. WILLIAMS, M.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • J. W. C. PENNINGTON From The History of the Negro Church.


  • J. W. C. Pennington (FAC-SIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH) From A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Colored Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race.


  • J. W. E. BOWEN, Ph.D., D.D. Secretary of the Congress Professor of Historical Theology in Gammon Theological Seminary; Ex-Field Agent of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Late Professor of Hebrew in Howard University, Washington, D. C., and Professor of Church History in Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. From Africa and the American Negro: Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa: Held under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.


  • J. W. WILEY, M. D. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • JAMES C. OWEN From "In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.


  • JAMES HENRY TURNER, M.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • James L. Smith [Frontispiece Image] From Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.


  • JAMES LEWIS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • JAMES M. TROTTER. J. C. CORBIN. G. W. DUPEE. ALLEN ALLENSWORTH. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • JAMES POINDEXTER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • JAMES VARICK FIRST BISHOP OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH. [Frontispiece Image] From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • JETER CHURCH Rev. Thomas Key, Pastor From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • JOHN A. LANKFORD, M. S. From History of African Methodism in Virginia, or Four Decades in the Old Dominion.


  • JOHN H. SMYTHE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • John J. Moore [Frontispiece Image] From History of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America. Founded in 1796, in the City of New York.


  • JOHN JASPER From John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher.


  • JOHN JASPER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • JOHN M. LANGSTON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • JOHN MEADOWS From "In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.


  • JOHN MILTON SMITH. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • JOHN MITCHELL, JR. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • John P Green. AT SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE. [Frontispiece Image] From Fact Stranger Than Fiction. Seventy-Five Years of a Busy Life with Reminiscences of Many Great and Good Men and Women.


  • JOHN R. LYNCH. From A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia.


  • JOHN W. CROMWELL. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • Josiah Henson [Frontispiece Image] From Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.


  • JOSIAH HENSON [Frontispiece Image] From Uncle Tom's Story of His Life. An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an Introductory Note by George Sturge, and S. Morley, Esq., M. P.


  • JOSIAH HENSON A pioneer Methodist preacher in Canada. The Prototype of Uncle Tom's Cabin. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • Josiah Henson [Frontispiece Image] From An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged.


  • JUSTIN HOLLAND. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • L. A. GRIMES. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • L. G. JORDAN, D. D. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • L. H. HOLSEY, Bishop C. M. E. Church, Augusta, Ga. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • The late HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • Lewis Clarke [Frontispiece Image] From Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, During a Captivity of More than Twenty-Five Years, Among the Algerines of Kentucky, One of the So Called Christian States of North America.


  • Lewis Clarke [Frontispiece Image] From Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution, During a Captivity of More than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky, One of the So-Called Christian States of North America.


  • LEWIS H. DOUGLASS. From Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings.


  • LEWIS WINTER, Nashville, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • LION AND JOHN SOLOMON. From Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers, Mrs. M. F. Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner.


  • LITTLE ETHEL. This is when we first became friends. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • M. ALONZO VAN HORNE, D. D. S. From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • M. R. DELANEY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • M. W. GIBBS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • MAIN SCHOOL BUILDING, CHAPEL AND RECITATION ROOMS From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • MAJ. A. G. ODEN. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • MARTHA HALL, BETTIS ACADEMY Boys' Dormitory From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • [Illustration] From Our Own Third Reader: for the Use of Schools and Families.


  • REV. JOHN HENRY GRANT, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • MISS C. PAINE, MISS CORRIN PAINE, MR. B.Y. PAINE, MRS. PATSY PAINE. From An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist: Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa as an Independent Missionary.


  • MR. AND MRS. MORELAND AND ALBERT. [First Frontispiece Image] From The Planter's Northern Bride.


  • MR. ARMSTEAD HURLEY From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • MR. BOND POINTING TO THE GROVE WHERE DR. WASHINGTON ADDRESSED THE ASSEMBLED THOUSANDS NEAR MADISON, IN 1911. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • MR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. DR. BROOKS From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • MR. CHARLES S. CHRYSTAL. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Mr. Clay's Overseer outwitted. See page 62. [Frontispiece Image] From The Kidnapped and the Ransomed. Recollections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina," after Forty Years of Slavery.


  • MR. H. H. PARKER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • MR. J. H. BIVANS, General Agent Latta University MR. D. R. DAVIS, Former Gen. Agt. Latta University. From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • MR. J. T. ALLEN From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • MR. JOSEPH SILAS HOUSTON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Mr. Moses Small The first carrier of the "Baltimore American," which flourished about 70 years ago, in Baltimore, Md. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • MR. P. KNEELAND, Phillips, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • MR. STEPHEN G. PAYNE From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • [Mr. W. G. Clark] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • REV. M. E. DAVIS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • N. H. BOUEY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • N. H. ENSLEY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • NEANDER N. CARTER. From Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?.


  • NEGRO DENTISTRY. From My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People.


  • NEGRO DENTISTRY. Page 130. From Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life.


  • NEGRO TRAVELLERS. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • [Illustration] From Life on the Mississippi.


  • No 150. [Dr. C. L. Harris.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 100. [B. F. Hatcher--Brother.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 101. [Mr. Richard Duncan.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 117. [Bishop Holsey, D.D.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 159. [Dr. E. A. Williams.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 17. [Dr. H. B. Parks.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 18. [Bishop James M. Handy, D.D.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 22. [Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D.D.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 25. [President H. W. Councill.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 4. [Bishop Turner.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 44. [Dr. W. H. Mixon.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 45. [Bishop W. B. Derrick, D.D.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 54. [Mr. Robert H. Duncan.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 75. [Bishop J. W. Alstork.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 9. [Father.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 93. [President James M. Henderson.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • No. 94. [Ex-President J. S. Moten, LL.B.] From Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives.


  • "Now, Mars Walter," replied Thomas, reprovingly. From The Rivals: A Chickahominy Story.


  • OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR NEGROES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH P. J. Maveety, Corresponding Secretary I. Garland Penn, Corresponding Secretary William F. Anderson, President John H. Race, Treasurer John L. Seaton, Educational Director From Methodist Adventures in Negro Education.


  • OFFICIAL BOARD OF PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • OFFICIAL BOARD OF SHAW'S CREEK CHURCH From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • OLD PLANTATION PLAY-SONG. From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.


  • On entering Conference, June 1864 From Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.


  • ORPHANAGE BAND, LATTA UNIVERSITY. From The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.


  • P. B. S. PINCHBACK. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • P. H. J. BRAXTON. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • PASTOR HENRY N. JETER (Installed Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in 1875.) From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • PERHAPS THE HOUSE HAD BEEN ROBBED From The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line.


  • Peter Wheeler. [Frontispiece Image] From Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross.


  • A PLAIN GILL. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • PRESIDENT JOHN MARKS AND OTHER CONVENTION LEADERS, 1879 From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • PRESIDENT W. M. TAYLOR AND OTHER STATE CONVENTION LEADERS 1914. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • PRESTON TAYLOR. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • PRINCIPAL R. E. JACOBS, of Sabine Normal and Industrial Institute. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • THE PRINTING-OFFICE. From Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers, Mrs. M. F. Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner.


  • PROF. A. W. PEGUES, Ph. D., Raleigh, N. C. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • PROF. D. J. JORDAN (See sketch Page 143) REV. W. H. DAVIS (See sketch Page 81) REV. D. C. DEAS (See sketch Page 82) REV. WATSON H. EDWARDS (See sketch Page 86) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [PROF. GEORGE ELLSWORTH MASTERSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • PROF. GEORGE WASHINGTON HOWARD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • PROF. H. T. KEALING, LL.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • PROF. JAMES H. GARNETT, A. M., D. D., Jefferson City, Mo. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • PROF. JOHN R. HAWKINS, A. M. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • PROF. JOSEPH A. BOOKER, A. M., D. D., Little Rock, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • PROF. R. E. BRYANT, Marianna, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • PROF. W. S. SCARBOROUGH, LL. D. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • PROFESSOR E. MOORE, A.M., PH.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [Providence Baptist Church] From Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave.


  • R. Allen From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • R. B. VANDERVALL. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • R. DEBAPTISTE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • R. H. CAIN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • R. L. PERRY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • R. T. GREENER. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • READING-ROOM. From Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers, Mrs. M. F. Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas P. Fenner.


  • REGISTERED O. I. C. HOGS. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • RESURRECTION OF HENRY BOX BROWN, AT PHILADELPHIA. [Frontispiece Image] From Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself.


  • RESUSCITATING TIDDLEKENS. From Dialect Tales.


  • Rev G. H. Washington A pioneer worker in Baltimore, Md., and in the A. M. E. Z. Church in New England. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. JAMES SUGGS From Shadow and Sunshine.


  • REV W. H. ROBINSON AND DAUGHTER, MARGUERITE. From From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery.


  • REV. A. A. COSEY, Clarksdale, Miss. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. A. B. SELVEY, D. D. Ex-Vice President of the Middle District. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • REV. A. C. SANDERS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. A. G. KESLER. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. A. H. MILLER, Helana, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. A. J. CAREY, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. A. J. CORDE, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. A. L. MURRAY, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. A. N. McEWEN, Mobile, Ala. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. A. R. GRIGGS, D. D., Dallas, Texas. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. A. R. MURCHERSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ABRAHAM LINCOLN GAINES. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ABRAM T. HALL. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. ADAM JACKSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. ALEX. CRUMWELL, D.D.] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. ALEXANDER BETTIS [Frontispiece Image] From Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy.


  • REV. ALEXANDER H. NEWTON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ALEXANDER WAYMAN PIERCE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ALLEN R. COOPER, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ANANIAS BROWN From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • [Rev. Andrew Bryan] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • [Rev. Andrew C. Marshall] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • Rev. Arthur Jones A faithful member of the Baltimore Conference, From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. B. F. WHEELER, B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. B. F. WHEELER. D. D. (LATEST PICTURE) From The Varick Family.


  • [REV. B. M. CARSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. B. M. GUDGER. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. B. W. ARNETT, JR., A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. B. W. ROBERTS, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. BENJ. W. FARRIS, Boston, Mass. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. BENJAMIN ABBOTT BIANCHI From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. BYRON GUNNER From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • REV. C. A. A. GREENE From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. C. B. BROWN, Marianna, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. C. C. VAUGHN, Russellville, Ky. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. C. EMERY ALLEN, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. C. H. PARRISH, D. D., Louisville, Ky. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. C. H. PHILLIPS, D.D. [1st Frontispiece Image] From The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.


  • REV. C. H. SMITH, B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. C. H. STEPTEAU. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. C. J. Hardy, Pastor First Baptist Church, Selma, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • Rev. C. L. Purce, President, Louisville, Ky. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. C. O. BOOTHE, D. D Author of "Plain Theology." From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. C. P. COLE, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. C. S. DINKINS, D. D., Selma, Ala. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. C. T. STAMPS, B. D., Edwards, Miss. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [REV. CARTER WRIGHT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. CHARLES A. McGEE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Charles Dunn The Singing Evangelist of Early Days. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. CHARLES E. WILSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. CHARLES HENRY BOONE.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. CHARLES HENRY GREEN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. CHARLES HENRY THOMAS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. CHARLES T. WALKER AT FORTY YEARS OF AGE. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • REV. CHARLES T. WALKER AT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • Rev. Chas. H. Peters From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. COLEMAN C. DUNLAP, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. D. A. GRAHAM, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. D. A. PERRIN, A.B. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. D. E. RICE, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. D. H. HARRIS, Chicago, Ill. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • Rev. D. H. Peterson embarking for Western Africa on board the barque Isla de Cuba, Capt. Miller. From The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa.


  • REV. D. J. ADAMS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. D. P. ROBERTS, M.D., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Daniel Coker ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AME CHURCH From History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


  • Rev. Daniel Coker. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • [REV. DANIEL P. SEATON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. DANIEL S. BENTLEY, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. DANIEL S. BENTLEY, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. DAVID F. CALIMAN.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. David Owens, The first preacher in our Church at Portsmouth, Va. A man of sterling character, and rare Christian virtues. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • [Frontispiece Image] From Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M. E. Church; Being a Complete History, Embracing over Sixty Years' Labor in the Advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom on Earth. Including "The History of the Origin and Development of Wilberforce University.".


  • REV. DAVID T. JOHNSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Deaton Dorrell From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. E .J. CARTER, D. D. From Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?.


  • REV. E. ARLINGTON WILSON, Kansas City, Mo. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. E. B. TOPP, Mississippi. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. E. C. JOINER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. E. G. BIDDLE. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. E. G. CLIFTON, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. E. G. JACKSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. E. GREEN, Fordyce, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. E. H. McDONALD, Syracuse, N. Y. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [Rev. E. K. Love, D. D.] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • REV. EDWARD HUGHES HUNTER, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. EDWARD W. LAMPTON, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. EDWARD WITTENBERG, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ELIJAH BYRD, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Elisha Weaver. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. Emanuel Wilhite, One of the pioneers, and one of the first Presiding Elders of our Church work in Texas. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. F. A. CLINTON, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. F. D. TAYLOR, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. F. K. BIRD. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. F. M. JACOBS, A.B., B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Rev. F. R. Kennedy, Pastor Galilee Baptist Church, Anniston, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. FLOYD GRANT SNELSON, F.R.G.S. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. FRANCIS B. CAROLINA.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. G B. HOWARD, D. D., Petersburg. Va. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. G. L. BLACKWELL, A.B., S.T.B. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. G. L. P. TALIAFERRO, Philadelphia, Pa. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. G. S. ADAMS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. G. T. SMITH, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. G. V. CLAK, Memphis, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. G. W. CLINTON, A.M. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. G. W. DUPEE, D.D., Paducah, Ky. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. G. W. LONGWOOD, Monroe, La. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. G. W. PORTER From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. G. W. RAIFORD, Pensacola, Florida. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. G. W. WILLIAMS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. GEO. W. DUDLEY, Texarkana, Tex. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [Rev. George C. Rowe] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • [REV. GEORGE C. SAMPSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. GEORGE CLAUDIUS TAYLOR, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. GEORGE FRANKLIN DAVID, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. GEORGE FREDERICK BROWN.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [Rev. George Gibbons] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • REV. GEORGE NATHANIEL SHEPPY, D. D. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • REV. GEORGE W. BEAMAN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. George W. Johnson. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • [REV. GEORGE W. NICHOLSON, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. GEORGE WELLINGTON PORTER, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. GEORGE WYLIE CLINTON, D.D., Salisbury, N. C. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. H C HOWELL, Langston City, Okla. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. H. C. ASHLEY. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. H. C. COTTON, Belle Alliance, La. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. H. C. PETTIS, Marianna, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. H. D. CANNADY (of Georgia), Presiding Elder, South Nashville District, Tennessee Conference, A. M. E. Church. Distinguished for religious enthusiasm, and a Hercules of African Methodism for Tennessee. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. H. FRANKLIN BRAY, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. H. H. PINCKNEY From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. H. P. ANDERSON, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. H. R. McMILLAN, Cottonplant, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. H. S. SIMS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. H. T. JOHNSON, D. D., PH.D. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • REV. H. W. BOWEN, D. D., Durant, Miss. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. H. W. JAMESON, LL.B., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. H. Woodsmall, of Franklin, Ind., First President Selma University. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • [REV. HENDERSON DAVIS.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. HENRY ALBERT GRANT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. HENRY BLANTON PARKS, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. Henry Braddocks, For 40 years clerk of Bethel Church, Baltimore, Md. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. Henry Davis. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. HENRY ELIJAH STEWART. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Henry J. Johnson. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. Henry J. Rhoades From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. Henry James Johnson Of New England Conference. The oldest living Itinerent in the A. M. E. Church. See cut on page 147, as he appeared in earlier years. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. HENRY K. SPEARMAN, B.A., B.D., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. HENRY YOUNG ARNETT, M.S. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. HODSON WATERS (See sketch on Page 239.) REV. A. A. AMOS (See sketch on Page 24.) REV. J. H. DICKERSON (See sketch on Page 83.) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. HORACE TALBERT, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. HORACE TALBERT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. I. G. BAILEY, Pine Bluff, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. I. H. RINGGOLD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. I. L. BUTT, at the age of 29 years. From History of African Methodism in Virginia, or Four Decades in the Old Dominion.


  • REV. I. W. L. ROUNDTREE (See sketch on Page 193.) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ISAAC FREMONT WILLIAMS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. ISAAC M. BURGAN, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. ISAIAH HENDERSON WELCH.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. J. A. BROWNE, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. A. LINDSAY, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. ANDERSON TAYLOR, D. D., Washington, D. C. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. B. COLBERT. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. B. JOHNSON. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. B. SMALL, A.M., D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. B. SWANN. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • REV. J. C. ANDERSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. C. AYLER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. C. BATTLE, Pine Bluff, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. C. McEADDY, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. C. PRICE, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. C. WATKINS, D. D. (See sketch Page 239.) REV. J. R. REED, D. D. Pastor A. M. E. Church, Norristown, Pa. REV. WALTER A. LEWIS, D. D. (See sketch Page 277.) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. D. HUMPHREY, Brinkley, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • Rev. J. E. A. Wilson, Pastor Rising Star Baptist Church, Pratt City, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • [REV. J. E. MORRIS.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. J. E. PENNINGTON, From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • REV. J. F. THOMAS, Illinois. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [REV. J. FRANK McDONALD.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. J. H. A. CYRUS, Port Royal, Va. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. H. A. MARTIN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. H. ANDERSON. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Rev. J. H. Eason, A. B., Professor in Selma University. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. J. H. EASON, D. D., Anniston, Ala. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. H. MANLEY, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. H. MATTOCKS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. J. BLACKSHEAR, Indianapolis, Ind. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. J. JONES. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. J. L. Frazier, Pastor St. Louis St. Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. J. LOGAN CRAW. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. M. B. MICHELL. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. M. HILL. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [REV. J. M. SUTTON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. J. M. W. Deshong] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. J. O. IVERSON (See sketch Page 123) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. J. P. Barton, Pastor Peace Baptist Church, Talladega, Ala. President Baptist State Convention. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. J. P. BARTON, Talladega, Ala. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. J. P. SAMPSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. J. Q. A. Wilhite, Pastor Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. J. R. BE N TT, Hot Springs, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [REV. J. R. COX.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. J. R. V. Morgan From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. J. R. V. Thomas. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. J. S. CALDWELL, A.M., B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. S. COWLES. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. T. GIBBONS, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. W. ALSTORK, B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Rev. J. W. Jackson, Pastor Eufala Baptist Church. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. J. W. LACEY. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. J. W. McCRARY, Fordyce, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [REV. J. W. NORRIS.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. J. W. RANDOLPH, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. W. RANKIN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. J. W. SMITH. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. JACOB ISRAEL LOWE, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JACOB THOMAS, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [REV. JAMES A. DAVIS, B.D.] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. JAMES D. BARKSDALE, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JAMES DENHAM JACKSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JAMES E. MASON, B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [REV. JAMES H. HUBBARD.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. JAMES M. HENDERSON, D. D. (See sketch Page 144.) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. JAMES W. RANKIN.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. JAMES WOODS SANDERS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JARED M. ARTER, INSTRUCTOR IN VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND VOLLEGE, LYNCHBURG, VA., JAN. 1, 1895 TO SEPT. 1, 1898. From Echoes from a Pioneer Life.


  • REV. JARED M. ARTER, PH. B., D. D., PRESIDENT WEST VA. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND COLLEGE, AND PRINCIPAL HILL TOP GRADED SCHOOL, FROM SEPT. 1, 1908, TO JUNE 15, 1915. From Echoes from a Pioneer Life.


  • [ REV. JAS. D. BARKSDALE] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. JAS. H. TURNER. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. JEHU HOLLIDAY, D.D. (See sketch, page 542.) REV. E. H. CURRY, D.D. (See sketch, page 556.) From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. JEREMIAH B. HILL. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN A. GREGG, B.A., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. NOAH Z. GRAHAM. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN J. HOWELL, D. D. One of our great church workers. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • REV. JOHN LEWIS LINK. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. JOHN T. JENIFER, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. JOHN THOMAS JENIFER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN W. NORRIS, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN WESLEY BECKETT. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN WESLEY BURLEY. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOHN WESLEY COOPER, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. JOHN WESLEY COOPER.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. JOHN WESLEY GAZAWAY.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. JOHN WILLIAM PORTER COLLIER, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JORDAN W. EARLY [Frontispiece Image] From Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South.


  • REV. JOSEPH B. BATTLE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. JOSEPH C. PRICE, D.D. PRESIDENT, LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE, SALSBURY, N. C. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • [REV. JOSEPH GWYNN.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. Joseph M. Corr From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. JOSEPH WENTWORTH JARVIS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. JOSHUA A. BROCKETT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. JOSHUA H. JONES, A.M., D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. JOSHUA VAN BUREN GOINS, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. L. J. COPPIN, D. D. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • REV. L. J. JOHNSON, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. L. L. CAMPBELL, D. D., Austin, Texas. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. L. S. FLAGG. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. L. S. Steinback, Pastor Second Baptist Church, Demopolis, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. LAWRENCE THOMAS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. LEMUEL HAYNES. A. M. Sincerely Yours Lemuel Haynes From The History of the Negro Church.


  • REV. LEMUEL M. BECKETT, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. LEVI EDWARD CHRISTY.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. Levin Lee. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. LEWIS RUFFIN NICHOLS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. LOTT CARY A missionary to Africa. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • [REV. LOUIS WILLIAM RATLIFFE.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. M. E. BRYANT, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. M. G. THOMAS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. M. H. D. ROSS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. M. R. DIXON, B.D., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. M. Tyler, D. D., Lowndesboro, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. M. VANN, D.D., Chattanooga, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. M. W. TRAVERSE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. MARK ANTHONY BRADLEY. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • [REV. MATTHEW W. TRAVERSE, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. MILTON H. MICKENS, A.M. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. MONTROSE WILLIAM THORNTON, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. N. A. CROCKETT. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. N. C. BUREN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. N. F. WILSON, D. D. Our Great Songster, one of the leading Minister's in the Philadelphia and New Jersey District. At Rest. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • REV. N. J. GREENE, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. N. W. BROWN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. NICHOLAS BERNARD STEWART, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. NOAH DAVIS, PASTOR OF THE SARATOGA STREET AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH, BALTIMORE. [Frontispiece Image] From A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four.


  • [REV. O. D. ROBINSON, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. O. J. W. SCOTT, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. OTHO ELI JONES, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. OWEN L. W. SMITH. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. P. C. CREWS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. P. C. HUNT, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. P. E. MILLS, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. P. H. POLK, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. P. J. McINTOSH, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. P. S. L. HUTCHINS, Columbus, Ga. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • Rev. P. S. L. Hutchins, Pastor Churches at Newberne and Gallion, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. P. THOS. STANFORD. D.D., L.L.D. From The Tragedy of the Negro in America: a Condensed History of the Enslavement, Sufferings, Emancipation, Present Condition and Progress of the Negro Race in the United States of America.


  • REV. PAUL H. KENNEDY, Henderson, Ky. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. PETER WILLIAMS, From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • REV. PHILLIP A. HUBBARD, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. A. ADAMS From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. C. RANSOM. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. E. WILSON, M.A. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. R. E. WILSON, M.A., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. H. BOYD, D. D. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. R. H. BOYD, D. D., LL. D. From Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?.


  • REV. R. H. G. DYSON, D. D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Rev. R. H. Gibbs, Who died in our work in Savannah, Ga. One of our pioneers in Georgia. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. R. H. Hall From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. R. H. STITT, B.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. R. J. WILLIAMS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. L. POPE, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. L. STEWART. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • REV. R. M. CHEEKS, D.D. (Deceased). From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. R. DOWNS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. R. R. MORRIS, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. R. S. RIEVES, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. R. T. POLLARD, A. B., From Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?.


  • REV. R. W. BAYLOR, Columbia, S. C. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • REV. REUBEN B. BROOKS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. RICHARD BROWN, D. D. A Preacher and a tried friend. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • REV. RICHARD DEBAPTISTE A preacher of the Word in Chicago. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • REV. RICHARD R. WRIGHT, JR. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. Richard Robinson From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • [Frontispiece Image] REV. ROBERT ANDERSON. From The Life of Rev. Robert Anderson. Born the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord 1819, and Joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839. This Book Shall Be Called The Young Men's Guide, Or, the Brother in White.


  • [REV. ROBERT BURNS BROOKINS.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. ROBERT E. FORD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. ROBERT FRENCH HURLEY, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. ROBERT FRENCH HURLEY. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ROBERT HARRISON SIMMONS, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. ROBERT LEE ATKINSON. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. ROBERT MITCHELL, D. D., Frankfort, Ky. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. S. A. MOSELEY, D. D., Pine Bluff, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. S. F. DICKSON. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • Rev. S. L. Belser, Pastor Red Mountain Baptist Church, Bessemer, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. S. L. CANNON, Marianna, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. S. L. CORROTHERS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. S. L. GREENE, A.M., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. S. L. Ross, Sunday School Missionary for Alabama, under Auspices Alabama Baptist Publication Society. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. S. P. FELDER (See sketch Page 89) BISHOP WM. H. HEARD (See sketch Page 111) MRS. WM. H. HEARD (See sketch Page 111) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. S. P. WEST, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. S. S. MORRIS, A.M., B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. S. T. GRAY, M.D. (See sketch, p. 66.) From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. SAMUEL C. BIRCHMORE. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. SANDY SIMMONS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. SCOTT B. JONES (See sketch on Page 142.) REV. J. J. EVANS (See sketch on Page 88.) MR. WILLIAM JENNIEFR (See sketch on Page 130) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. SMITH CLAIBORNE. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. SOLOMON DERRY. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. SOLOMON PORTER HOOD, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. SUTTON E. GRIGGS, B. D. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. T. A. WEATHINGTON. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. T. B. STOVALL. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. T. C. DEVLIN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. T. D. SCOTT, A.M. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. T. H. LAWRENCE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. T. J. BELL, SECRETARY COLORED Y. M. C. A., NEW YORK CITY. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • REV. T. W. COTTEN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. THEOBALD AUGUSTUS SMYTH, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. THEODORE GOULD. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. THEODORE GOULD.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. THEODORE W. LEWIS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. THOMAS GARRIETT CLARK. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. THOMAS HENRY JACKSON, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. THOMAS JEFFERSON SEARCY] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • [REV. TIMOTHY DWIGHT SCOTT.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. TONY JACKSON ASKEW, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. V. M. TOWNSEND, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. W. A. J. PHILLIPS, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. W. A. Shirley, Pastor Sardis Baptist Church, Enon Ridge. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • [REV. W. B. PEARSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. W. C. Bradford, Pastor First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. W. C. SHELTON,D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. D. CERTAIN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. W. D. W. Schureman, From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. W. E. WALKER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., Richmond, Va. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • [REV. W. G. ALEXANDER, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. W. G. PARKS, Chattanooga, Tenn. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. W. H. ANDERSON, D. D., Evansville, Ind. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. W. H. B. HEATH. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. H. BRAXTON, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. H. CHAMBERS. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. W. H. GOLER, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. W. H. HOXTER, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. H. JERNAGAN, Okolona, Miss. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. W. H. McRIDLEY, A. M., D. D., Cadiz, Ky. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. W. H. NEWBY. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. W. H. PRINCE, B.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. H. ROBINSON, AUTHOR. From From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery.


  • [REV. W. J. LAWS, D. D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. W. J. MOORE, D.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. W. O. DAVIS. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. O. P. SHERMAN, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. P. Q. BYRD, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. R. GULLINS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • Rev. W. R. Pettiford, D. D., President Penny Savings and Loan Co., President Alabama Publishing. Co., Birmingham, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • REV. W. SPENCER CARPENTER. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. W. T. ANDERSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • Rev. W. T. Bibb, A. B., Pastor Baptist Church, Oxmoor, Ala. From The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work.


  • [REV. W. T. BIGGERS, A.M.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. W. T. JOHNSON (See sketch on Page 138.) From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. T. OSBORNE. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. W. W. BROWNE. Founder of True Reformers. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • [REV. W. W. GRIMES.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. WALTER C. COLES, DECEASED EX-SECRETARY OF COLORED Y. M. C. A., NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • REV. WALTER H. BROOKS, D. D. From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • Rev. Walter Proctor From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. WALTER PROCTOR From Recollections of Seventy Years.


  • REV. WILLIAM ALFRED FOUNTAIN. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WILLIAM B. BOWEN. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. WILLIAM B. FENDERSON, A.B., S.T.B. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • REV. WILLIAM BECKHAM, Austin, Tex. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. WILLIAM D. COOK. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. WILLIAM DECATUR COOK, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. WILLIAM DECKER JOHNSON. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • [REV. WILLIAM DECKER JOHNSON.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • REV. WILLIAM H. LACEY, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WILLIAM H. STARK. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WILLIAM H. THOMAS, JR., D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • [REV. WILLIAM H. THOMAS, M.A.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [REV. WILLIAM HAMMETT HUNTER, D.D.] From The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.


  • [Rev. William J. Campbell] From History of the First African Baptist Church, from its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, etc.


  • REV. WILLIAM JARRETT, Coffee, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • Rev. William McFarlin An Itinerant Missionary. An Early Pioneer. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rev. William Moore From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • REV. WILLIAM TECUMSEH VERNON, D. D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WILLIS ANTHONY HOLMES, Helena, Ark. From Sermons, Addresses and Reminiscences and Important Correspondence, With a Picture Gallery of Eminent Ministers and Scholars.


  • REV. WM. H. H. BUTLER, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WM. J. LAWS, D.D. From Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816.


  • REV. WM. MACK LEE Still Residing in the South [2nd Frontispiece Image] From History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee: Body Servant of General Robert E. Lee Through the Civil War: Cook from 1861 to 1865.


  • REV. Z. HARRISON, Mt. Vernon, Ind. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • THE REVEREND MORRIS BROWN. of Philadelphia. SECOND BISHOP OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES From History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


  • Rich'd Allen From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • RICHARD ALLEN BISHOP WHITE ABSALOM JONES From History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church.


  • RICHARD ALLEN. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • ROBERT HARLAN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ROBERT PELHAM, JR. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ROBERT SMALLS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • ROBERT STUART MACARTHUR, D. D , PASTOR CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW YORK. From Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.


  • ROBERT THE HERMIT. [Frontispiece Image] From Life and Adventures of Robert, the Hermit of Massachusetts: Who Has Lived 14 Years in a Cave, Secluded from Human Society: Comprising, an Account of his Birth, Parentage, Sufferings, and Providential Escape from Unjust and Cruel Bondage in Early Life, and His Reasons for Becoming a Recluse.


  • ROSCOE C. JAMISON. From Autobiography and Work of Bishop M. F. Jamison, D.D. ("Uncle Joe") Editor, Publisher, and Church Extension Secretary; a Narration of His Whole Career from the Cradle to the Bishopric of the Colored M. E. Church in America.


  • RT. REV. H. M. TURNER, D. D., LL. D. [Frontispiece Image] From African Letters.


  • RT. REV. J. EDWARD NICHOLS D. D. Bishop and President of the Missionary District. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • RT. REV. J. H. BELL, D. D. Bishop and President of the First District. From History of the African Union Methodist Protestant Church.


  • Rt. Rev. Morris Brown. From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rt. Rev. Paul Quinn From Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.


  • Rt. Rev. Richard Allen 1st Bishop of the African M. E. Church [Frontispiece Image] From History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


  • RT. REV. WM. PAUL QUINN Senior Bishop A. M. E. Church 1848-1873 The Pioneer. From History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


  • A Runaway Slave. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • S. A. McELWEE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • S. N. VASS, D.D., Superintendent of Work Among the Colored People under the American Baptist Publication Society. From A History of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina.


  • S. R. LOWERY. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • SAMPSON WHITE A Baptist preacher in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and New York almost a century ago. From The History of the Negro Church.


  • SAMUEL FARRIS, Funeral Director, Memphis, Tenn. From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • SAMUEL R. WARD From The History of the Negro Church.


  • Yours most truly Samuel R. Ward [Frontispiece Image] From Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, & England.


  • SCOTT BOND AND FAMILY IN THEIR GARDEN AT HOME. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • SCOTT BOND AND SON THEOPHILUS PLANNING THE BULL FROG FARM. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • SCOTT BOND AND WIFE DISCUSSING NEW HEREFORD ARRIVAL. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • SCOTT BOND. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • SECRETARIES OF THE FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETY, 1866-1912 Standing: W. P. Thirkield and M. C. B. Mason. Seated: J. C. Hartzell, J. M. Walden, R. S. Rust, and J. W. Hamilton From Methodist Adventures in Negro Education.


  • SELLING THE NEGRO. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • SERGEANT B. F MORRELL, U. S. A. From Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.


  • SLAVE CHAINS AND A WHIP. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • The slave-trader Walker and the author driving a gang of slaves to the southern market. From Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself.


  • A speaking likeness of Peter Bruner as he appeared to the students of Miami University where he served as janitor for many changing and interesting years. From A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom. Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle.


  • T. A. WALKER, Baton Rouge, La. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • T. K. BORDERS Superintendent 1937-1940 From Report of Superintendent, the Colored Orphanage of North Carolina, February 1, 1937 to June 30, 1940.


  • T. T. ALLAIN. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • T. T. FORTUNE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • T. THOMAS FORTUNE Editor New York Age; Author of "In Plain Black and White" From Africa and the American Negro: Addresses and Proceedings of the Congress on Africa: Held under the Auspices of the Stewart Missionary Foundation for Africa of Gammon Theological Seminary in Connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition December 13-15, 1895.


  • T. THOMAS FORTUNE. From Evidences of Progress among Colored People.


  • " 'Take dat f'um yo' equal--" From The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan.


  • THE BAMBOULA From An Elephant's Track and Other Stories.


  • " 'The Fiery Cross of old Scotland's hills!' " From The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan.


  • THE GREAT SOUDAN. From Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents.


  • THE ISRAELITE. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • THE OLDER GENERATION AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION From Methodist Adventures in Negro Education.


  • THE PARTING CHORUS. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • THEOLOICAL CLASS, LELAND UNIVERSITY. From History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914.


  • THEOPHILUS BOND. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • [THOMAS ANTHONY BROWN] From Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.


  • THOMAS BETHUNE. (Blind Tom.) From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • THOMAS PETERSON From "In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.


  • Thomas presiding over the Ohio State Association of Physicians, Surgeons, Dentists, and Pharmacists, Columbus, Ohio, May, 1906. From What Experience Has Taught Me: An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton.


  • "THREW THE PREACHER OVERBOARD." From Life on the Mississippi.


  • ULYSSES S. BOND. From From Slavery to Wealth. The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.


  • UNCLE REMUS. From Life on the Mississippi.


  • Very truly your friend, Wm. Wells Brown. [Frontispiece Image] From My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People.


  • W. B. DERRICK. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • W. C. BOLIVAR From Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching.


  • W. C. CHASE. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


  • W. D. CLINTON, M.D. From One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.


  • W. E. MATHEWS. From Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.


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