Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Terminology xiii
Introduction: The Drums of Nonnemontubbi 1
1 Richard Allen, John Stewart, and Jarena Lee: Writing Indigenous Outreach into the DNA of the AME Church, 1816–1830 12
2 Seeking Their Cousins: The AME Ministries of Thomas Sunrise and John Hall, 1850–1896 34
3 The African Methodist Migration and the All-Black Town Movement 57
4 “Ham Began . . . to Evangelize Japheth”: The Birth of African Methodism in Indian Territory 82
5 “Blazing Out the Way”: The Ministers of the Indian Mission Annual Conference 100
6 Conferences, Churches, Schools, and Publications: Creating an AME Church Infrastructure in Indian Territory 119
7 “All the Rights . . . of Citizens”: African Methodists and the Dawes Commission 154
Notes 173
Index 227