A history of St. James Church in Baltimore and Rev. William Levington. "The first Negro missionary who dared to cross over into slave-holding territory, and under the protection of Almighty God, in the midst of the auction block and the slave pen, open a free school for Negro children and establish St. James Church for the benefit of both slave and free persons of color."

Reverend George F. Bragg, Jr. was Rector at St. James' First African Church.

Addie Waites Hunton (1866-1943) was an African-American suffragist, race and gender activist, writer, political organizer, and educator. Hunton worked as vice president and field secretary of the NAACP and she helped to organize the fourth Pan-African Congress in 1927, after previously serving as the national organizer for the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) from 1906 to 1910 and serving in the U.S. Army during World War I.

Octavo, 72 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in red publisher’s cloth with plain spine. Boards have black titling to front cover, light rubbing and wear to binding, light bumping to fore corners, and small hole in front gutter. Text block is inscribed on first free end page to Addie Hunton: "To my dear friends The Huntons, George F Bragg Balt MD July 6 1910". Extremely scarce. Shelved in Case 1.