title: Black Saga: The African American Experience
author: Charles M. Christian
description: Charles M. Christian is associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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  # A Narrative of The Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Noah Davis
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER I. Early Life in Virginia—Example of Pious
  
  
  Parents.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. Apprenticed to the shoe-making—Learns
  
  
  housework—Intemperance—“A negro can't be trusted”—Learning how to
  
  
  write and cipher.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. Religious
  
  
  Experience—Conviction—Conversion.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. Marriage—License to Preach—Purchase
  
  
  of Freedom—A Call to Baltimore.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. Experience in
  
  
  Baltimore—Education—Purchase of a Wife and two Children—Great
  
  
  Distress of Mind—Generous Assistance—Church Matters.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. A New Movement in Baltimore—Erection
  
  
  of a Meeting House for the African Baptist Church—Heavy
  
  
  Indebtedness—Account of the Enterprise—Personal Troubles.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. Account of A Visit to the northern
  
  
  Cities—True Friends.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. Conclusion—O