Colored People in Bible History

Hammond, IN: Printed for the Author by W.B. Conkey Company, 1925. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [4],5-133,[3]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author and 13 inserted plates of illustrations. Gentle sunning to spine, heel gently nudged, with faint foxing to text edges, title leaf, and occasionally on the plate margins; hinges sound; Very Good+.

A work originally published by Rev. Morrisey in 1915, under the title Bible History of the Negro. In his foreword, Morrisey writes: "Of the eminent and illustrious place that colored people occupy, even upon the pages of Bible History, very little has been said or written by their own members. Yet from this very source, historically has originated the high idealism and endeavors that make worthy of commendation the race religious progress of today. Because of this regrettable condition the author offers the valid information based upon Bible truths contained in this volume, that it may at least in some measure aid in filling a crying need, especially among the young people who now read history almost exclusively with regard to other race groups" (p.6). The volume offers sketches of various people of color in the Bible, including Old Testament figures like Caleb, Gideon, Hagar and Ishmael, the prophet Hosea, Queen Candace, Rahab, Ruth, Pharaoh's daughter, and the Queen of Sheba. Uncommon in commerce, not in Blockson, with only 12 copies found in OCLC. 87857.