The Dutch Church of early 17th century New Amsterdam and its stance on Black New Yorkers being Christians.

The Dutch Church of early 17th century New Amsterdam and its stance on Black New Yorkers being Christians.

The position of religion in New Amsterdam clashing with the presence of slavery.

A collection of excerpts pertaining to slavery in the Dutch Period and the Church's stance towards converting black people, freed or enslaved, into Christians. As well as the moral clashing of the Church with the presence of slavery.

Curtwright, Wesley. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection.

Image ID. 5391801. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Position of Church Toward Slavery in Early Dutch Period." https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a6475e0-6478-0133-efc0-00505686d14e#/?uuid=0a9a8380-6478-0133-9043-00505686d14e

Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

January 1, 1609/ January 1, 1665.

Curtwright, Wesley. Writer's Program (New York, NY).

Public domain.

Text, essay.

Internet archive.

English.

Text, essay, document.

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11928496. Writer's Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

New York, NY, 17th century.

The stance of Christianity against slavery and the presence of slaves in New Amsterdam.

Paper.