Climbing Jacob's ladder : the rise of Black churches in Eastern American cities, 1740-1877 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Edward D.
Imprint:	Washington : Published for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. ©1988
Description:	143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African American churches -- East (U.S.) -- History. African Americans -- Religion. African American churches. East (U.S.) -- Church history. East United States. Church history. History.
Format:	U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13193970

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Other authors / contributors:	Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
ISBN:	0874748291 9780874748291
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-139) and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	This book is "the story of the quest by blacks to find meaning in their historical experience and to build communities in America. To give meaning to the traumas of the past, many eighteenth century blacks turned to the teachings of the Old and New Testaments, and proceeded, even while enslaved, to use churches to build independent communities. It appears to me that in our continuing struggle for liberation on the 'ladder of life, ' we have too often overlooked the central role that the black church has played in our history"--Introduction.
Other form:	Online version: Smith, Edward D. Climbing Jacob's ladder. Washington : Published for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1988
Govt.docs classification:	SI 1.2:C61/740-877/988

Table of Contents:

A Pilgrim and a Stranger: The Roots of Afro-American Christianity, 1919-1740
Gather Together in My Name: The Emergence of Black Congregations, 1740-1800
Onward Christian Soldiers: Black Congregations in the North, 1800-1860
Down in Egypt's Land: "Visible" Black Congregations in the South, 1800-1860
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: The Multiplication of Black Congregations in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index.

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