A narrative of the life of Rev. Noah Davis, a colored man
by Noah Davis
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About this eBook
- Author
- Davis, Noah, 1804?-
- Title
- A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man Written by Himself, At The Age of Fifty-Four
- Credits
- Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
- Subject
- Freed persons -- Maryland
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 20005
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20005
- Release Date
- December 3, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC . — RAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY. — AID HIM IN THE SALE OF THIS BOOK, — A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF REV. NOAH DAVIS, A COLORED MAN. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-FOUR. — PRINTED SOLELY FOR THE AUTHOR'S BENEFIT. — Baltimore : PUBLISHED BY JOHN F. WEISHAMPEL, JR., No. 484 West Baltimore St. — STEREOTYPED BY JOHN F. WEISHAMPEL, JR., BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER, BALTIMORE.
- 3.Contents. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII.
- 4.NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER I. — Early Life in Virginia--Example of Pious Parents. — CHAPTER II. — Apprenticed to the shoe-making--Learns housework--Intemperance--"A negro can't be trusted"--Learning how to write and cipher. — CHAPTER III. — Religious Experience--Conviction--Conversion. — CHAPTER IV. — Marriage--License to Preach--Purchase of Freedom--A Call to Baltimore. — CHAPTER V. — Experience in Baltimore--Education--Purchase of a Wife and two Children--Great Distress of Mind--Generous Assistance--Church Matters. — CHAPTER VI. — A New Movement in Baltimore--Erection of a Meeting House for the African Baptist Church--Heavy Indebtedness--Account of the Enterprise--Personal Troubles. — HISTORY OF THE SARATOGA STREET AFRICAN BAPTIST CHAPEL. — CHAPTER VII. — Account of A Visit to the northern Cities--True Friends. — CHAPTER VIII. — Conclusion--Object of this Book. — END OF THE NARRATIVE. — SERMON. — BY REV. NOAH DAVIS
- 5.STATISTICAL REPORT — OF ALL THE — COLORED PROTESTANT CHURCHES AND SABBATH SCHOOLS IN BALTIMORE. — SABBATH SCHOOL REPORT . — (Rendered to the S. S. Union, for 1859.) — THE SARATOGA STREET — INSTITUTE .
- 6.Prayer Meeting Hymn Book. — Containing over three hundred Hymns, with many favorite Choruses. — PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. — Character Book: — FOR
- 7.HIGH SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS. — PRICE SIX CENTS. — Price to Teachers: Fifty cts. a dozen. — The First School Book. — Illustrated with numerous Engravings. — PRICE TWELVE CENTS. — The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses:
- 8.Or, the Instrumentalities by which Sinners are brought to Embrace the Religion of Jesus Christ. — PRICE FIFTY CENTS. — The Career of John Mortal,
- 9.PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. — Table of Contents. — PART I. — PART II. — PART III. — PART IV. — PART V.
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