Record #:

20633

Author(s):

DesChamps, Margaret Burr

Abstract:

This article looks at early 19th century African-American educator, school founder, and preacher John Chavis. Although his work as a missionary on behalf of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church between 1801 and 1807 is most commonly known to have chiefly involved slaves in the upper South, Chavis actually preached to far more Caucasion people than he did to the African American and enslaved population. A detailed account of his mission work is provided.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 32 Issue 2, April 1955, p165-172, f

Subject(s):

Chavis, John, 1763-1838