Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audio Tour

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Scope and Contents

Audio tour for the exhibition - Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 - presents African American religious history beginning with the first African slaves who brought African religious faith with them and the incorporation of African religion customs with Euro-Christian faith. The audio tour includes the history of Black Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Episcopalian congregations in the North; black congregations in the South during Civil War and Reconstruction; black churches and politics, including slave rebellions; the work of Reverends and Preachers; negro spirituals; and vodou. Names profiled include Cotton Mather, David Walker, Nat Turner, Henry M. Turner, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Audio tour. Part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. AV002681: dated 19871201. AV001345: undated.

Date

1987

Extent

1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)

1 Sound recording (audio cassette)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Narration

Topic

African Americans

Churches

African American churches

Religion

Christianity

Spirituals (Songs)

Enslaved persons

Slave insurrections

Museum exhibits

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audio Tour, Exhibition Records AV03-036, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-036, Item ACMA AV002681

Local Numbers

ACMA AV001345