Unexpected Places
In January of 1861, on the eve of both the Civil War and the rebirth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church''s Christian Recorder, John Mifflin Brown wrote to the paper praising its editor Elisha Weaver: "It takes our Western boys to lead off. I am
proud of your paper."
Weaver''s story, though, like many of the contributions of early black literature outside of the urban Northeast, has almost van...
In January of 1861, on the eve of both the Civil War and the rebirth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church''s Christian Recorder, John Mifflin Brown wrote to the paper praising its editor Elisha Weaver: "It takes our Western boys to lead off. I am
proud of your paper."
Weaver''s story, though, like many of the contributions of early black literature outside of the urban Northeast, has almost van...
