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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Book by Henry Louis Gates Jr. · 5 quotes · Black History, Black Churches, American History

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“Active in the antislavery effort, helping enslaved persons, including Frederick Douglass, find safety in the North, the AME Zion Church also counted Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman as members. These abolitionists were believers who framed their powerful arguments for freedom and equality in the language of scripture and an uncorrupted Christianity.”