The importance of correct religious instruction to the people of colour in the city and liberties of Philadelphia, and the prospect of such being afforded in the establishment of a congregation and place of worship, under the care and direction of John Gloucester, a man of colour, induce the subscribers to contribute to an object so well calculated to promote the present and future happiness of the Africans:
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Corporate Author: Presbyterian Evangelical Society (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia] s.n [1809?]
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Item Description:Appeal by the Presbyterian Evangelical Society for funds to establish the First African Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia. Cf. Nash, Gary B. Forging freedom; the formation of Philadelphia's black community, 1720-1840, 1988, p. 199-200, 328. - Erroneously filmed by Readex for Shaw & Shoemaker 18376, Appeal for funds to erect a church for Negroes, which is cited in Nash p. 328 as having at least 38 pages and dated 1809. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 18376
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