The History Of The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church In America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development And Present Status Phillips, C.H. African-Americana

First edition. Octavo. 247pp. Frontispiece and many photographs of Church notables. Publisher's brick cloth gilt. Contemporary owner name front fly, small flecks of spotting on rear board, else near fine. Phillips (1858-1951) was born enslaved in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of a minister and one of 12 children, 10 of whom survived to adulthood, and many of whom became ministers as well. He went to Atlanta University and various other institutions for post-graduate study in religion, and was active in education and temperance as well as religion. When he retired from a pastorate in Washington, DC, Frederick Douglass, along with several others, made a farewell address. Very scarce, particularly in the first edition.