Native Apostles

Edward E. Andrews

“A very welcome addition. Based on an impressive number of sources by white, black, and Indian evangelists writing on both sides of the Atlantic, Native Apostles demonstrates that Indians and people of African descent were far more central and active agents in the transatlantic and circum-Atlantic evangelical movement than previously thought.”—Vincent Carretta, author of Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man

“With attention to complexity and nuance, Edward Andrews narrates the gripping story of hundreds of people of color who worked to spread Christianity in North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa. Our understanding of the religious encounter in the British Atlantic will never be the same.”—Erik R. Seeman, author of Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492–1800

“Edward Andrews convincingly shows how native American and African populations took control of their encounters with Christianity in the age of empire and slavery. Native Apostles is an impressive tour through the spiritual kaleidoscope of the Atlantic world.”—Jon F. Sensbach, author of Rebecca’s Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World

“For years, scholars of colonial America have been calling for work that bridges Atlantic, American Indian, African American, and religious history. It is finally here. Edward Andrews’s provocative and persuasive assertion that we should see blacks and Indians as leading actors in Christian evangelization and racial formation sets a new benchmark in the field.”—David J. Silverman, author of Red Brethren: The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians and the Problem of Race in Early America