Turner, Bishop H. M., religious work of, 232; in politics, 232-234 Turner, Nat, the effect of the insurrection of, 52, 69 Turpin, London, a co-worker of Morris Brown, 76 Uncle Jack, a Negro pioneer preacher, 55-56 Union American Methodist Episcopal Church organized, 107 Union Church of Africans, organized, 107 Union Seminary, the forerunner of Wilberforce, 205 Unwritten law as to holding Christians slaves, 4 Usher, J., the work of, among Negroes, 16 Vanderhorst, R. H., a pioneer preacher in the C. M. E. Church, 196; elected bishop, 196 Varick, James, a pioneer in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 78; elected bishop, 85; death of, 102 Vaughn, Richard, a preacher in Philadelphia, 121 Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, 282 Vesey, a supporter of Negro missions, 13 Vesey, Denmark, the effect of the insurrection of, 78 Vices, so-called, 253 Victoria, Francisco Xavier de Luna, a churchman of Negro blood, 4 Virginia, Quakers in, 17-18; Emancipating Baptists in, 32-34; Negro Baptists in, 53-54: reactionary laws of, 131 Virginia Theological Seminary and College, the establishment of, 206 Waldron, J. M., church institutional work of, 276; in politics, 312 Walker, C. T., a preacher of power, 245-246 Walker, William, opposition of, to work of John Stewart, 60 Walters, Bishop A., church work of, 311-312; in politics, 312 Ward, Samuel R., record of, 182-183; Frederick Douglass' opinion of, 183 Watcoat, Richard, recognition of Richard Allen by, 73 Waters, Edward, ordained assistant bishop, 101 Webster, Thomas, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 75 Wells, Richard, a useful minister in Richmond, 240 West Indies, missionaries to Negroes in, 4 Western Colored Baptist Convention, organization of, 122 Western Freedmen's Aid Commission, the work of, 207 Western University, the establishment of, 205 Wesley, John, the position of, 26 White, J. T., in politics, 225; religious efforts of, 225 White, Sampson, a pioneer preacher in the Baptist Church, 110-111; preaching of, in New York, 121; pastor of the Gillfield Baptist Church, 136 White, W. J., a successful minister, 240 White, William, a co-worker of Richard Allen, 74-75 White man's standard, an influence, 252-253 Whitefield, George, the position of, on the Negro, 26 Whitmore, the work of, in New York, 14 Whittier, John G., interest of, in the freedmen, 212 Wilberforce University, the establishment of, 205 Williams, John A., a pioneer preacher in the A. M. E. Zion Church, 104; a noted revivalist, 104