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050 00 $aBR563.N4$bS573 1988
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086 0 $aSI 1.2:C61/740-877/988
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSmith, Edward D.
245 10 $aClimbing Jacob's ladder :$bthe rise of Black churches in Eastern American cities, 1740-1877 /$cEdward D. Smith.
260 $aWashington :$bPublished for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution Press,$c©1988.
300 $a143 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-139) and index.
505 0 $aA 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.
520 $aThis 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.
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651 0 $aEast (U.S.)$xChurch history.
650 6 $aÉglises négro-américaines$zÉtats-Unis (Est)$xHistoire.
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710 2 $aAnacostia Neighborhood Museum.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSmith, Edward D.$tClimbing Jacob's ladder.$dWashington : Published for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1988$w(OCoLC)605475645
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