African American Relgion

            The purpose of this report is to compare and contrast two sources from the library and internet. This paper is also to discuss barriers to international trade. The main objective is to compare African American Religion over the period of 1820 to 1880. In the following paragraphs I will write about the purpose, beliefs, and life of the African American Religions this is considered apart of the African American Culture. Some in which will have an abundant amount of information. .
             The A.M.E. Church which was organized as a national denomination under the leadership of the Reverend Richard Allen of Philadelphia in 1816. The A.M.E. Church became a world of wide religion. It has many churches in Africa and Canada. This church is a world renowned religion.
             The church was for a very good cause which was creating a religion which allowed slaves to not only worship freely, but to be able to sit anywhere, and allow black slaves to not be ignorant to their surroundings in both spiritual and physical world. The spiritual world is the church as a whole and the physical world consisting of everybody. Many slaves enjoyed these services because they were often led by black preachers. The black preachers understood what the slaves were going through. The black preacher's played a significant part in the social and religious development of Negro life. The preaching was an extra boost that was needed for leadership ability. "It was the one position of leadership permitted Negroes, and the office carried considerable prestige." (The Black American Reference Book) The black preacher was also able to talk to the slaves in away they understood what was going on. By the preacher being apart of slavery, he could only hope for the best, but expect the worst. The black preacher had a hard and tedious task. While preaching to slaves, they could not openly rebuke slavery. The preacher way always watched and closely guarded.