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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE AFRICAN M.E. CHURCH IN AMERICA [AME CHURCH]
1843. Hardcover. Good. Item #22-5874
Republished by Christopher Rush, Charles William Robinson, Abraham Cole, and James Simmons 1866. 7 x 4.5", brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on front cover, (108)pp. Covers extremely well worn, stained with scattered worming(?), lacks spine cover, rear inner/outer hinge cracked/splitting, endpapers/blank pages/title page stained, pencil numbers on front pastedown, contemporary ink notes (not too legible) on free endpapers ("William Davis First…Sir I rite you a few times to say I want you to…"), textblock still tight and in good-very good condition. Christopher Rush, 1777-1873, was born a slave in Craven County, North Carolina. He founded Christianity in 1793 and escaped to New York in 1798, joined the Zion Church in 1803 and in 1828 was consecrated bishop, succeeding James Varlick, the founder and first bishop of the church. Bishop Rush was a supporter of the Zion African Literacy Society which assisted slaves in becoming educated. SECOND EDITION, EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Price: $750.00