Between Fetters and Freedom: African American Baptists since Emancipation by
Essays exploring a rich diversity of post-emancipation life for a largely understudied group of Baptists.
Come Shouting to Zion: African American Protestantism in the American South and British Caribbean to 1830 (Online) by
Looks at the conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history.
Frustrated Fellowship: The Black Baptist Quest for Social Power by
Arguably the most important text on black Baptist history, Washington traces the development of separatist ideology that eventually led to the formation in 1895 of the National Baptist Convention. In the process he builds on Jordan by thoroughly documenting forty years of national organizational history that previously was underpublicized.
A History of Black Baptists by
A study of African-American Baptist history and the key role played in the development of Christianity in America.
Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama (Online) by
A history of the Alabama Missionary Baptist State Convention--its origins, churches, associations, conventions, and leaders. Demonstrates that a distinctive Afro-Baptist faith emerged as slaves in Alabama combined the African religious emphasis on spirit possession, soul-travel, and rebirth with the evangelical faith of Baptists.
Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920 by
An account of the crucial role of black women in making the church a powerful institution for social and political change in the black community between 1880 and 1920.
The Social Teaching of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Since 1961 by
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith by
A study of the religious history of slaves and free blacks in antebellum America. Argues that Africans brought their world views into North America where, eventually, under the tremendous pressures and hardships of chattel slavery, they created a coherent faith that preserved and revitalized crucial African understandings and usages regarding spirit and soul-travels, while melding them with Christian understandings of Jesus and individual salvation.
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