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The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work

Chapter 139: THE ALABAMA PUBLISHING COMPANY
By Charles Octavius Boothe
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A compilation documents the religious life, institutions, and leaders of Black Baptists in Alabama in the late nineteenth century. It combines the author's autobiography with chapters on state conventions, local associations, and extended biographic sketches of ministers, educators, and lay figures, supplemented by church and school portraits. The narrative traces organizational development, ministerial activity, educational initiatives, and community outreach, offering comparisons between immediate post-slavery conditions and later progress. Closing chapters synthesize lessons and reflections on growth, challenges, and the denomination's influence on social and spiritual uplift.

THE ALABAMA PUBLISHING COMPANY

PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS

111 EIGHTEENTH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

OFFICERS:

  • REV. W. R. PETTIFORD, D. D., Pres.
  • REV. T. W. WALKER, Vice-Pres.
  • I. W. LACY, Treas.
  • J. C. BARKER, Sec’y.
  • E. A. LONG, Bus. Manager.

“The School of the People.”

It is our Object to Act as a Medium Through Which Knowledge of Matters of Vital Importance to the Welfare of our Race can be Carried to the People.

Are You Interested in Us?– –

Are You Interested in Yourselves?

Then see to it that you Order one of the Following Books and get Someone Else to do the Same.

“DIVINITY IN WEDLOCK,” By W. R. Pettiford, D. D.
(25 cents per copy; by mail, 28 cents).
“GOD’S REVENUE SYSTEM,” By W. R. Pettiford, D. D.
(15 cents per copy; by mail, 17 cents).
“THE CYCLOPEDIA OF THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF ALABAMA,” By C. O. Boothe, D. D.
($1.50 per copy; by mail, $1.67).
“LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.”—
($2.50 per copy; by mail, $2.67).
(Portrait of Douglass, 35 cents; by mail, 37 cents).
“GIANTS OF THE REPUBLIC,” $3.00 and $4.50
“DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN,” $1.50
“IDEAL WOMANHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD,” $2.00 and $2.75
“THE WORLD’S SWEETEST SONGS,” $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50

WRITE for TERMS to AGENTS, ENCLOSING 2c. STAMP for REPLY

Confidential Terms Made to Agents on Application.
Apply to ALABAMA PUBLISHING CO., Birmingham, Ala.