Colored Methodist Episcopal Church organized, 193-197; unfair criticism of, 193-194 Columbus, missionary spirit of, 1 Conflict of sects, 19-20 Congregationalists, interest of, in Negroes, 99; small following, 99; promotion of education by, 203-204; attract Negroes later, 256 Conservative and progressive in the Negro church, 247-265 Consolidated American Baptist Missionary Convention, 200 Control of Negro church, desired by whites, 278-280 Cook, Steven A., a friend of George Liele, 46 Cooke, John F., founder of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, 136 Cooperation taught through the church, 284, 285 Coppin, Bishop L. J., foreign mission work of, 296-297 Corpew, E. G., a preacher in Portsmouth, 135 Cottrell, Elias, a bishop of the C. M. E. Church, 240 Coxe, General, attitude of, toward the teaching of slaves, 164 Crockett, J. W., denominational work of, 297 Cruikshanks, Amos, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Crummell, Alexander, the struggles of, 176-177; interest of, in civil rights, 238 Cuff, Peter, a supporter of Richard Allen, 76 Cunningham, Henry, a co-worker with Andrew Marshall, 113 Curry, J. L. M., work of, 214 Cutler, Dr., a missionary in Boston, 17 D'Alone, M., supporter of Negro and Indian Missions, 10 Davis, Edward, a friend of Andrew Bryan, 48 Davis, Noah, a pioneer Baptist preacher in Baltimore, 111, 136 Dawn, the, of a new day, 23-39 DeBaptiste, Richard, a pioneer Baptist preacher in the Northwest Territory, 122; religious work of, 241-242 DeBerry, W. N., church of, socialized, 277 Derrick, Bishop W. B., religious work of, 231; in politics, 231-232 Development, the early, of the Negro church, 100-122 Devous, John, a preacher in Savannah, 116 Differing ideas in the Negro church, 247-265 Difficulties, the, of missions, 19-22 District of Columbia, Negro churches in, 110-111, 136 Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church, establishment of, 99 Dover Baptist Association, received Negro church, 135 Dow, Lorenzo, sermon of, in Andrew Bryan's church, 49 Drayton, Henry, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Drummond, Hugh, the escape of a slave preacher from, 72 Durham, Clayton, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 75 Early development of the Negro Church, 100-122 Eden, James, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Education, a concern of the Negro preacher, 168 Edwards, Mrs., interest of, in proselyting Negroes, 7 Eliot, John, interest of, in slaves, 15 Ellis, Harrison, a Negro preacher in Alabama, 140-142