""Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord" is church history
without the halo. Yet, it is respectful of the nuances peculiar to
the AMEC fellowship. It is church history in painstaking detail,
but not in isolation to the social, economic, and political
dynamics of the period. This is good writing, good research, and
good scholarship."--Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., 19th Episcopal
District, AME Church, Johannesburg, South Africa
"This study of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Florida
makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of African
American, Florida, and Southern History. It treats far more than
just religion -- it illuminates the entire post-Civil War era in
Florida."--Joe M. Richardson, Florida State University
"A brilliant and lively work that brings alive black Methodism in
the late 19th century. This is an extremely important and original
contribution to the history of Reconstruction in Florida, filled
with fresh insights." -- Stephen W. Angell, Florida A&M
University
"Describes the complicated relationship between black church
development and black political participation during the
Reconstruction era and its aftermath. The authors persuasively
demonstrate how black religion extended its protection to freedmen
in both sacred and secular settings." -- Dennis C. Dickerson,
Vanderbilt University
Written by two eminent historians, "Laborers in the Vineyard of
the Lord" examines the history of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Florida from the beginning of Reconstruction to the
institution of Jim Crow segregation, a period when the AME Church
played a crucial role in the religious, cultural, and political
lives of black Floridians. The book begins with an overview of
slave religion and the first stirrings of African Methodism before
1865 and culminates with the formidable challenges that faced the
church by 1895.
Not only did the AME Church save lives for Christ, it emerged as
a force to be reckoned with in politics. Men such as Charles H.
Pearce and Robert Meacham became powerhouses in state and local
affairs as well as in the church. They and their fellow ministers
fought for the participation of blacks in the governing process and
promoted education and employment for all blacks and poor whites.
Numerous others staunchly supported the growing national phenomenon
of the temperance movement. Drawing on primary sources such as
church newspapers and previously overlooked records, the authors
also relate the gripping drama of the inner dynamics of AME church
life and examine the impact of personality interactions on its
leadership.
This case study of an independent church that produced broad
religious and civil freedoms for African Americans offers a
detailed account of the successes and failures of one of the
largest and most effective institutions in post-Civil War and
late-19th-century Florida.
Larry Eugene Rivers is Distinguished Professor of History at
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, and the author of "Slavery
in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation" (UPF, 2000). His work
has been recognized with the Florida Historical Society's Arthur W.
Thompson Prize and the Association for the Study of African
American Life and History's Carter G. Woodson Prize.
Canter Brown, Jr., is the author of many works on Florida
history, including "Florida's Peace River Frontier" (UPF, 1991);
"Ossian Bingley Hart, Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor";
and "Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924." He has received
the Florida Historical Society's Rembert W. Patrick Book Award and
the American Association for State and Local History's Certificate
of Commendation. He has taught at Florida A&M University.
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