The growth of the spiritual in the North was fostered by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. In what ways did Richard Allen’s leadership impact the development of spirituals among its congregants? What is the significance of the accounts of Black religious song in the early nineteenth century written by John Watson and Daniel Alexander Payne?
A. Songs for Black people in hymnal.
B. Simplified texts.
C. Chorus.
D. Watson, white methodist establishment, dancing.
E. Payne, uplift the race, "ignorant, but well meaning" congregants.