Craig D. Townsend

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Selected Works Books Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City The first fifty years of the second black Episcopal congregation in the country, St. Philip's Church, and their struggle for acceptance by the white denomination. African American Christianity in America Forthcoming volume in the Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series Shorter Works Episcopalians and Race in New York City's Anti-Abolitionist Riots of 1834: The Case of Peter Williams and Benjamin Onderdonk An award-winning study of an incident illuminating the interaction of race and religion in early-nineteenth-century New York City - from Faith in Their Own Color - published in Anglican and Episcopal History, vol. 72, December 2003. Quick Links E-mail me St. James' Church Authors Guild

Episcopalians and Race in New York City's Anti-Abolitionist Riots of 1834: The Case of Peter Williams and Benjamin Onderdonk Click here to read this article. It is reproduced here by the kind permission of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, and may not be further reproduced, except for personal use, without the Society's written permission. (58 KB) This article received the Nelson Burr Prize for Best Article of 2003 from the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church. Click here to go to Anglican and Episcopal History, the journal in which the article was originally published.

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