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This chapter describes proposals of the 20 religious leaders in the meeting with Sherman and gives some perspective and insight on the meaning of freedom for the formerly enslaved. It explains the means by which they hoped and believed that they could positively transform their condition. It is posited that this meeting established the Black church as the face and representative of African American communities, a role they would continue to play throughout the Reconstruction period and beyond.
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Charles J. Elmore First Bryan: 1788–2001 The Oldest Continuous Black Baptist Church in America (Savannah, GA: First Bryan Baptist Church Savannah) 2002.
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Whelchel, L.H. (2014). The Groundwork of Freedom. In: Sherman’s March and the Emergence of the Independent Black Church Movement: From Atlanta to the Sea to Emancipation. Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137405180_8
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