A Will to Choose traces the history of African-American Methodism beginning with their emergence in the fledgling American Methodist movement in the 1760s. Responding to Methodism's anti-slavery stance, African-Americans joined the new movement in large numbers and by the end of the eighteenth century, had made up the largest minority in the Methodist church, filling positions of authority as class leaders, exhorters, and preachers. Through the first half of the nineteenth century, African Americans used the resources of the church in their struggle for liberation from slavery and racism in the secular culture.

Book Information
ISBN 9780742552654
Author Gordon J. Melton
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 494g