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History of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America founded in 1796, in the city of New York

Summary: Traces the history of the A.M.E.Z. Church from its beginnings in 1796 to its full separation from the white Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church in 1821, and up to its current activities in 1884. Differences between the A.M.E.Z. Church and the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and the debate over unifying the two denominations are highlighted. Includes documents relevant to every stage of the Church's development--from the original articles of incorporation, to the minutes of contemporary Church conferences also a chapter of biographical sketches of A.M.E.Z. bishops and an appendix of denominational statistics.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 600 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.

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General Note:
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Richard Musselwhite. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Andrew Leiter, and Jill Kuhn.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.
Title from electronic title page.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: 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. York PA. : Teachers' Journal Office, 1884. 392 p. : ill. ports.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title.
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System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files.
Subject: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church History
African American Methodists Biography
African American Methodists History
African Americans Religion
Methodism History
United States Church history

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