The Black Baptist Experience in Canada: McMaster General Studies Series

by Gordon L. Heath; George Clarke; Dudley A. Brown

Publisher:

Pickwick Publications

, 2025

Overview

This groundbreaking book is a history of the Black Baptist experience in Canada. It includes diverse and informative chapters on events, themes, and organizations such as the underground railway, gender, architecture, literature, civil rights, empire, and associations. It also focuses on several key early churches from the West Coast to the East Coast, along with important personages such as Washington Christian, Jennie Johnson, David George, William White, William Troy, and William M. Mitchell.

Praise for The Black Baptist Experience in Canada

“In a dozen essays on the Black Baptist experience in colonial and Victorian Canada that run the gamut from architecture to print culture, this groundbreaking study fills a significant lacuna in Canadian Baptist history. Highly recommended!”

—Michael A. G. Azad Haykin, professor of church history and biblical spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary



“Black folk have played a significant part in the Baptist life of Canada. Some arrived in the Maritimes as Loyalist refugees from the new United States. More reached Ontario by the ‘Underground Railroad’ for escaped slaves in the 1850s and 1860s. A few settled in Victoria, British Columbia, by the 1870s. Their robust faith and their protracted struggles are vividly illuminated by the essays in this pioneering volume.”

—David Bebbington, emeritus professor of history, University of Stirling



“The Black Baptist Experience in Canada offers a powerful exploration of the significant yet often overlooked role Black Baptists played in shaping Canada’s religious, social, and cultural landscape. Through in-depth analysis and exhaustive research, it uncovers Black Baptists’ resilience, faith, and activism from the early days of enslavement to the formation of independent congregations. There is no other full-length work on this subject in existence. Thus, it is essential for a broad range of readers.”

—Wayne E. Croft Sr., Jeremiah A. Wright Sr. Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics in African American Studies, United Lutheran Seminary



“This volume is both readable and scholarly, with wide-ranging analysis of an important topic that has too often been overlooked. It helps provide a more complete picture of Black history, Canadian history, Baptist history, and beyond. Highly recommended.”

—Melody Maxwell, associate professor of Christian history, Acadia Divinity College

Product Details

• Title: The Black Baptist Experience in Canada: McMaster General Studies Series
• Authors: Gordon L. Heath, George Clarke, Dudley A. Brown
• Series: McMaster General Studies Series
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 338
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781666704358, 9781666704341, 1666704342, 9781666704334, 1666704334, 1666704350
• Resource ID: LLS:9781666704358
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-16T20:42:24Z