An Appeal to the Methodist Episcopal Church

Download or read book An Appeal to the Methodist Episcopal Church written by Orange Scott and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its foundation in the United States until the year 1800, Methodism had testified against slavery as a moral evil. As slavery disputes intensified in the 19th century, there emerged two doctrines within the Methodist Church. Churches in the South were primarily proslavery, while northern churches started antislavery movements. The antislavery movement in northern churches strengthened and solidified in response to the pro-slavery apologia of Southern churches.