Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Improper Associates 1
5. 2. Freedom’s Defects 10
6. 3. Hobart and the High Church 18
7. 4. One of Their Own Colour 25
8. 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation 32
9. 6. A Bitter Thralldom 44
10. 7. A Godly Admonition 52
11. 8. Peculiar Circumstances 63
12. 9. The Chains That Bind 73
13. 10. Promoting Improvement 84
14. 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift 92
15. 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman 98
16. 13. A State of Schism 108
17. 14. A Bishop’s Trials 115
18. 15. Exciting the Deepest Feelings 125
19. 16. Vouchsafed to All Men 135
20. 17. The Heart Must Be Changed 140
21. 18. The Beauties of Freedom 147
22. 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice 155
23. 20. Attentive to Their Devotions 162
24. 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All 171
25. 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion 179
26. 23. A Fulness of Assent 188
27. 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd 194
28. Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip’s Church 199
29. Notes 203
30. Index 233