The Origins of the Black Protestant Tradition in America

Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. The recent publication of David Hackett Fischer’s African Founders introduced prominent Early Republic African-American clergymen to the reading public. The book’s cover features Absolom Jones, a prominent Episcopal rector of a Black congregation in Philadelphia. Born enslaved, Jones was the first person …

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