Climbing Jacob's Ladder : the rise of Black churches in Eastern American cities, 1740-1877 / Edward D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Smith, Edward D.

Contributor:

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, sponsor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American churches--Atlantic States--History.

African American churches.

History.

Atlantic States--Church history.

Atlantic States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1-4)

Physical Description:

143 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm

Distribution:

Washington, D.C. : Published for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.

Contents:

1. A Pilgrim and a Stranger. The Roots of Afro-American Christianity, 1619-1740

2. Gather Together in My Name. The Emergence of Black Congregations, 1740-1800

- 3. Onward Christian Soldiers. Black Congregations in the North, 1800-1860

4. Down in Egypt's Land. "Visible" Black Congregations in the South, 1800-1860

5. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory. The Multiplication of Black Congregations in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Lisa Buck, Designer. Lisette Chou Matano, Editor."

"Cover: A Negro Congregation at Washington, from a wood engraving published in the London News, November 18, 1876 ..."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-139) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1-4 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy 2 has yellow paper with illustration and "Be Upfront" done in ms. laid in.

ISBN:

0874748291

OCLC:

17507732