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History of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America : founded in 1796, in the city of New York
- Title
- History of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America : founded in 1796, in the city of New York / compiled and published by John Jamison Moore, D.D., bishop of A.M.E.Z. Church.
- Author
- Moore, John Jamison, 1818-1893.
- Publication
- York, Pa. : Teachers' Journal Office, 1884.
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- Additional Authors
- Teachers' Journal Office (York, Pa.), publisher.
- Description
- 392 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 21 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- History of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America
- Subjects
- African American Methodists
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Congresses
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church History
- African American Methodists > History
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Congresses > History
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Clergy > Biography
- Black author
- Note
- "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by Bishop John Jamison Moore, D.D., In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Author's preface -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The foundation and establishment of the Zion Church in New York ; The causes that led to its organization -- ch. 2. The leasing and purchasing of ground upon which to erect a place of worship -- ch. 3. The Allenites' entry into New York City, and their opposition to us -- ch. 4. The commencement and consummation of our withdrawal from the white Methodist Episcopal Church (our mother church) -- ch. 5. An account of the New York and Philadelphia annual conferences until the year 1845, successively ; Establishment of our church polity -- ch. 6. A brief account of the annual conferences, separately, from 1845, giving a brief account of their establishment and their consecutive sessions up to 1883 -- ch. 7. A brief account of the convening and actions of our several general conferences from 1840 to 1880 ; Also an account of our action and position on the question of union -- ch. 8. A brief account of the establishment and progress of our connectional institutions -- ch. 9. Biographical sketches of our bishops, those deceased and those living -- Appendix: A general statistical table of our church or connection ; A sketch of the establishment of Methodism in America in 1760 ; Minutes of the yearly conferences of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 287-M (Moore, John J. History of the A.M.E. Zion Church)
- LCCN
- 73169005
- OCLC
- 714792
- Author
- Moore, John Jamison, 1818-1893.
- Title
- History of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America : founded in 1796, in the city of New York / compiled and published by John Jamison Moore, D.D., bishop of A.M.E.Z. Church.
- Imprint
- York, Pa. : Teachers' Journal Office, 1884.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 287-M (accession no. B526654) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Teachers' Journal Office (York, Pa.), publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 287-M (Moore, John J. History of the A.M.E. Zion Church)