Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 352

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(RELIGION.) MOORE, JOHN JAMISON, Compilor. History of the A. M. E. Zion Church. Founded in the Year 1796, in the City of New York. Frontispiece and additional plates. 8vo, modern leatherette with printed label. York, PA: Teacher's Journal Office, 1884

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first edition. (1818-1893), bishop of the A. M. E. Zion Church and church historian. He was also known as one of the most active and successful circuit riders in his denomination. Moore's History of the A.M.E. Zion Church in America provides a comprehensive ecclesiastical history directed to both A.M.E.Z. Church members and outsiders. Moore approaches the writing of this work as a sacred task that will ensure the place of his denomination within the broader span of Christian history.