A Will to Choose

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A Will to Choose is written by J. Gordon Melton and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0742552640 (ISBN 10) and 9780742552647 (ISBN 13).

A Will to Choose traces the history of African-American Methodism beginning with their emergence in the fledgling American Methodist movement in the 1760s. Responding to Methodism's anti-slavery stance, African-Americans joined the new movement in large numbers and by the end of the eighteenth century, had made up the largest minority in the Methodist church, filling positions of authority as class leaders, exhorters, and preachers. Through the first half of the nineteenth century, African Americans used the resources of the church in their struggle for liberation from slavery and racism in the secular culture. --From publisher description.