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Another Mile and Other Addresses

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Chapman urges the Church to address the social question, pairing social justice and practical service with evangelism and spiritual renewal. Faith must change souls and society.

The After-Meeting

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Practical plan for after-meetings: use inquirer's/decision cards, organized workers, varied invitations (hands, standing, altar, handshake), Scripture-based follow-up and prompt church affiliation.

A Model Preacher and a Great Sermon

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Evangelistic sermon urging preaching like Paul's defense before Felix (Acts 24), stressing righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come—an appeal to conscience and repentance.

Notes on John Chavis

Essays on NC history: the rise and decline of the Farmers' Union (early 1900s) and a study of John Chavis, a free Black educator and Presbyterian preacher.

John Chavis as a Preacher to Whites

Study of John Chavis, a free Black Presbyterian preacher who ministered widely to white congregations during the Great Revival, later marginalized by shifting racial laws and attitudes.

July 3, 1822 Letter to John Haywood

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Selections from the Willie P. Mangum papers (1807–1832): letters on a personal affront and reconciliation, John Chavis's finances and support, a bank-note renewal, and a magazine subscription.

January 28, 1825 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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1825 letters to Willie P. Mangum about bank debt, presidential politics (support for Crawford), and colonization. John Chavis laments poverty and notes free Black voting rights.

October 24, 1825 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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1825 letters to Willie P. Mangum arranging meetings before his trip to Congress; John Chavis requests advice about his son, school matters, and travel logistics.

November 16, 1827 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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Excerpts from the Willie P. Mangum papers (1807–1832), including John Chavis's 1827 letters on political dealings, land deeds, and requests for financial help.

December 15, 1827 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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John Chavis’ Dec 1827 letters to Willie P. Mangum request help drawing a deed of trust, seek funds, and urge Mangum not to move—warning it would ruin his prospects.

March 11, 1828 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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Letters to Willie P. Mangum (1828) concerning land deeds, local disputes, military appointments, and the heated 1828 presidential contest between Jackson and Adams.

March 10, 1832 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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March 1832 letters to Senator Willie P. Mangum about a Branch–White quarrel, Gen. Williams's death, John Chavis's teaching offer asserting his free-Black status, and debates over the U.S. Bank.

July 21, 1832 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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John Chavis' 1832 letters to Senator W. P. Mangum discuss his schoolhouse, tuition and pupils, political opposition to Andrew Jackson, and financial hardship from drought.

August 8, 1832 Letter to Willie P. Mangum

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1832 letters between John Chavis and Willie P. Mangum debating Federalism vs Jacksonian politics, the Bank veto and Van Buren, alongside personal news about crops and family.

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