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Crafted “By Their Own Hands”: The African American Religious Experience in Union-Occupied North Carolina, 1862-1865
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41242
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A freedom offered to slaves perhaps lesser known than the Emancipation Proclamation is religious expression. Contraband camps, established by Union troops for former slaves, provided a way for former slaves to openly express Christian faith. Along with African American religious leaders such as James Walker Hood, they helped establish the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church. As for churches such as AMEZ, they also provided a sanctuary from racism and sowing ground for the seeds of political representation.
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Hood, James Walker, 1831-1918; Civil War--contraband camps--former African slaves; Civil War--colored troops; Black religious experience--South--Civil War; Reconstruction--South--African American churches; New Bern--Civil War--refugee slaves; Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872; New Bern Academy--Civil War; American Missionary Association; Freedmen--North Carolina; Singleton, William Henry, 1843-1938; Works Progress Administration narratives--fugitive slaves; Refugee camps--Civil War--Horace James; African Methodist Episcopal Church