This book:
- Integrates the history of African Methodism, a major black religious body, within the broader historical landscape of American and African American history
- Emphasizes the development of African Methodism in the context of the black Atlantic
- Examines the tensions between managing the operations of a proud black religious body and the equally urgent need for frontline involvements in opposition to slavery, segregation, and colonialism.
Dennis C. Dickerson 