Race Patriotism: Protest and Print Culture in the A.M.E. Church

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Index ACS. See American Colonization Society (ACS) Africa: African Americans’ identification with, 46, 64, 113; Coker’s descriptions of, 9–14; European colonization of, 67, 98; redemption by African Americans, 68, 73–74, 79, 92–93, 98–100, 106, 108–9; slave trade in, 12, 13–14. See also emigration movement; Liberia; missionaries, AME African, debate over use of term, xix, 63–64, 74–75, 79–82 African Americans: Americanness of, 39–40, 55, 58, 72–73, 81–83, 97, 101, 106, 108; in Civil War, xii, xvii, 75; education’s effects on, 2, 15, 31, 88, 96; heterogeneity of, 71–72; histories of, xv, xvii–xviii, 33, 111–12, 113; identities of, xv, 46, 63–64, 65, 69, 74, 113; industriousness of, 55–56, 58–59; poverty among, 15, 66, 83; racial upliftment of, 17, 44, 59–60, 68, 72–73, 93–94, 97, 101–2, 106, 111–12, 114; white treatment of, xiii, 23, 56–57, 59, 101. See also Africa, redemption by African Americans; mulattoes; slavery African Colonization Society, 95–96 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church: “African” in title debated, xix, 63–64, 74–75, 79–82; denominational merger discussions, 64–65, 75–79, 81; diversity and divisions in, 83, 84, 88–89; emigration movement and, 68, 83–90, 98–99, 108– 9; First General Conference of, 8; growth of, xvi, 17, 50; histories of, xiii–xvi, 8, 14-15, 28–38, 40–42, 49–50, 64, 79, 111–14; literature of, 1, 14–16, 17, 37–38, 64; merger with BME Church, 77–78; New Jersey Conference, 87; origins of, xi–xiv, 28, 32–34, 41, 65, 75, 80, 111; print culture of, xii, xviii, xix, 1, 83–84, 111–14; racial exclusivity of, 63–64; role in redemption of Africa, 74, 78, 79, 98–99; Tenth Episcopal District, 78; westward expansion of, xviii– xix, 40, 47, 50–61. See also Christian Recorder (newspaper, AME) African Methodist Episcopal Church Magazine, 14–15, 19, 23 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church: establishment of, 30–31; proposed AME merger with, 76–77, 78–79 African Repository (journal, ACS), 83–84, 93 Aldridge, I. F., 38 148 Index Alexander, W. G., 38 Allen, Richard: as first AME bishop, 8, 48; formation of AME by, xii, xiii–xiv, 28, 31, 32, 41, 79; legacy of, xvi, 64, 111, 113–14; Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, 1, 2; publishing house established by, 14 AME. See African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church AME Book Concern (publishing house), 14 AME Church Review (newspaper), 14 American Colonization Society (ACS), 8, 64, 83–84, 85, 92, 93, 95, 102 American Missionary Association, 24 AMEZ. See African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church AME Zion Quarterly Review (periodical, AMEZ), 14 Arkansas, 61; African emigration movement in, 89, 103, 104, 105 Arnett, Benjamin W., 47 assimilation, 58, 73, 91, 93 “Atlanta Compromise” speech, Booker T. Washington, 25–26 authority: Biblical, 64, 65–66, 70, 71; of manhood, 43, 45; racial, xii, 84, 114 autobiographies, xiv, xvii, 8, 32. See also biographies Azor project, 85–86, 89–91 Back to Africa movement, 39, 40, 72, 89, 91, 97, 102; AME’s position on, 85, 107, 108–9. See also emigration movement Banks, Jesse C., on name controversy, 80 Beavor, Philip, 6 Bederman, Gail, 43 Bias, J. J. G., on Richard Allen, 114 Bible: justifying slavery through, 4–5; scientific method contrasted with, 70, 71 biographies, 28, 35, 48, 111, 112. See also autobiographies biracial heritage. See mulattoes bishops, AME, xvi, 8, 21–22, 76, 78; passing of, 43–44, 45 black nationalism, xv, 58, 68, 71–72, 73, 92, 101 blacks. See African Americans Blumenbach, J. F., racial classification by, 67 Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 72, 73–74, 102 book reviews, in Christian Recorder, xviii, 20 book steward: AME, 14; Christian Recorder, 20, 21, 27, 29 Bradley, J. F. P., 46 British Methodist Episcopal (BME) Church (Canada), AME’s merger with, 77–78 Brown, Canter Jr., For a Great and Grand Purpose, xvi Brown, John Mifflin, 51; on emigration to Africa, 86; passing of, 43 Bryant, George W., 54 Burrow, J. F., 67 Byrne, Donald, 42 Cain, Richard H., 23; on denominational merger, 75–77; on emigration to Africa, 88–89, 90, 95, 99–100 California: African American emigration to, xviii, 39; AME Church in, 21, 50–55, 57, 61 Campbell, Jabez Pitt, 30–31, 34; in California, 53, 54–55; as Christian [18.191.223.123] Project MUSE (2024-04...