A Place to Worship : African American Camp Meetings in the Carolinas /

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Camp meetings--also called revivals--originated with circuit-riding Methodist preachers who gathered congregations in open fields and town squares. However, the sermons had messages that were not always welcomed by mainstream Protestant churches in the colonial and antebellum South. With the help of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Floyd, Minuette B. (Minuette Byers) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Camp meetings.
African Americans > Religion.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Spiritual Growth.
Camp meetings > Caroline du Sud.
Camp meetings > Caroline du Nord.
Noirs americains > Religion.
North Carolina.
Camp meetings > South Carolina.
Camp meetings > North Carolina.
South Carolina.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • My story
  • Back then
  • Camp life
  • Under the arbor
  • The next generation.

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