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John Jasper [electronic resource] : the unmatched Negro philosopher and preacher / Hatcher, William E. (William Eldridge), 1834-1912.

Hatcher, William E. (William Eldridge), 1834-1912 (Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

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In this biography of John Jasper, Hatcher tells the story of the popular Baptist preacher of Richmond, Virginia. Jasper preached as a slave for twenty-five years and continued preaching after the Emancipation until he died at eighty-nine. His funeral sermons, especially, brought him renown and such was his renown that he built the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church for his congregation of several thousands. His sermons and ideas about a stationary Earth and a moving Sun brought him especial notoriety.

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  • Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.

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Text scanned (OCR) by Nancy Kaiser. Images scanned by Nancy Kaiser. Text encoded by Robin Roenker and Jill Kuhn.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: John Jasper : the unmatched Negro philosopher and preacher / by William E. Hatcher. New York : Fleming H. Revell Company, c1908. 183 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title.
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System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; Panorama for SGML files.
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Title from TEI header.

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