Object Details
- Description
- This much-used bible belonged to Delaware farmer Stokely Sturgis, who converted to the growing Methodist movement through the influence of an enslaved man named Richard Allen. Moved by Methodism’s indictment of slaveholding, Sturgis agreed to sell Allen his freedom. Allen became a preacher and moved to Philadelphia. He founded the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church there in 1794.
- Credit Line
- Caroline L. and Nelson C. Simonson
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1989.0296.01
- catalog number
- 1989.0296.01
- accession number
- 1989.0296
- Object Name
- book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 6.5 cm x 20 cm x 25 cm; 2 9/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 9 13/16 in
- overall, loose pages, group of: 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 10 in; .3175 cm x 20.0025 cm x 25.4 cm
- overall, book: 2 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 23.495 cm x 27.305 cm
- DELETE
- United States: Delaware, Kent
- place owned; place used
- United States: Delaware, Kent
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Religion
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- African American History
- Bible
- Christianity
- Methodism
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmah_1054986
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-9745-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
