Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City
Founded in 1809, St Philip's had endured forty years of discrimination by the Episcopalian hierarchy. This work tells the story of St Philip's and its struggle to create an autonomous and independent church. It presents the history of New York City and African Americans, and sheds light on the ways religious faith can overcome racial boundaries.
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Acknowledgments 1. Improper Associates 2. Freedom's Defects 3. Hobart and the High Church 4. One of Their Own Colour 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation 6. A Bitter Thralldom 7. A Godly Admonition 8. Peculiar Circumstances 9. The Chains That Bind 10. Promoting Improvement 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman 13. A State of Schism 14. A Bishop's Trials 15. Exciting the Deepest Feelings 16. Vouchsafed to All Men 17. The Heart Must Be Changed 18. The Beauties of Freedom 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice 20. Attentive to Their Devotions 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion 23. A Fulness of Assent 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church Notes Index