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The Varick family

Summary: Contains biographical sketch of James Varick, the founder and first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (A.M.E.Z.) Church, to help outsiders understand the church's history and the conditions at the time in which Varick lived. It also contains sketches of his family and includes portraits of the family members mentioned.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 100 kilobytes).
    remote
    1 online resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

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General Note:
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Ellen Caskie Decker. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Christopher Hill, and Jill Kuhn Sexton.
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: The Varick family / by Rev. B.F. Wheeler, D.D. ; with many family portraits. [Mobile, Ala.? : s.n., 1906?] 59 p. : ports, geneal. table. Preface dated 1906. Includes "Brief sketch of author's life"--Page 51-58.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files.
Subject: Varick, James approximately 1750-1827
Wheeler, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1854-1909
Varick family
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Bishops Biography
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church History
African American clergy Biography
African American Methodists Biography
African Americans Biography
African Americans Genealogy
African Americans New York (State) New York Social conditions 18th century

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