Project Gutenberg 2012-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 283 Woodson, Carter Godwin 1875 1950 Woodson, C. G. (Carter Godwin) Woodson, Carter G. 22000935 The History of the Negro Church Early missionaries and the Negro -- The dawn of the new day -- Pioneer Negro preachers -- The independent church movement -- Early development -- The schism and the subsequent situation -- Religious instruction revived -- Preachers of versatile genius -- The Civil War and the church -- Religious education as a preparation -- The call of politics -- The conservative and progressive -- The Negro church socialized -- The recent growth of the Negro church -- The Negro of to-day. Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The History of the Negro Church" by Carter Godwin Woodson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. It explores the evolution of the church as a vital institution within the African American community, tracing its development from early missionary efforts to the establishment of independent churches. The book seeks to highlight the significant yet often overlooked contributions of various denominations to the spiritual life of African Americans. The opening of this work sets the stage for an examination of the relationship between early missionaries and the Negro population in America. Woodson discusses the initial reluctance of European colonists to include African Americans in their religious outreach, viewing them largely as unworthy of conversion. He elaborates on the challenges faced by early missionaries and church leaders when attempting to educate and evangelize the enslaved people, revealing the contradictions and resistance encountered in their efforts to advocate for the religious instruction of African Americans amidst widespread societal and institutional racism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/38963/38963-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 53.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en African Americans -- Religion BR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - American Category: History - Religious 635235 2025-06-15T18:10:55.119435 text/html 611218 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2875089 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3004496 2025-06-15T18:11:06.389347 application/epub+zip 3013141 2025-06-15T18:10:57.799438 application/epub+zip 265156 2025-06-15T18:10:56.381424 application/epub+zip 3197376 2025-06-15T18:11:12.016360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3175672 2025-06-15T18:11:04.698339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434204 2022-09-17T17:47:19.500332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524011 2025-06-15T18:10:53.663420 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 523861 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 182808 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 523851 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182750 2021-01-08T14:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21297 2025-06-15T18:11:12.183324 application/rdf+xml 9477 2025-06-15T18:10:56.539405 image/jpeg 2060 2025-06-15T18:10:56.461407 image/jpeg 2881043 2025-06-15T18:10:55.284393 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia