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"Be saved from the jaws of an angry hell": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.7; An 1831 letter from Thomas Whitmell Harriss to his sister, in which he begs her to accept Christ as her savior. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

Benjamin Wadsworth on the duties of children to their parents: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.10; Excerpt from a book by an eighteenth-century Puritan minister about expectations for children's behavior and respect for their parents. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A camp meeting scene: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.3; Description of a typical camp meeting during the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, including preaching, conversion experiences, and the physical arrangement of the meetings.; Format: book

Chaos in Salem: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.6; Excerpt from diaries of the Moravian congregation at Salem, North Carolina, in 1781, describing the Moravians' treatment by Patriot militias. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary

Charleston Huguenot church: The French Protestant Church in Charleston, S.C., was built in 1845, and is the last remaining independent Huguenot church in the United States. The first Huguenots in Charleston arrived in 1681, after fleeing Protestant persecution in France.; Format: image/photograph

Cherokee mission schools: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.8; Description of Spring Place, a Moravian mission to the Cherokee that operated from 1801 to 1833. Describes the education received by Cherokee boys and girls for the purpose of "civilizing" them. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Circuit rider from Harper's Weekly: On the cover of Harper's Weekly magazine from October 12, 1867, a "circuit preacher" on horseback huddles under an umbrella in a vain attempt to stay dry.; Format: image/magazine

The creation and fall of man, from Genesis: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.4; The creation story from the biblical Book of Genesis describes how God created heaven and earth, plants, animals, and people; and later how the first people were cast out of the Garden of Eden as punishment for eating from the "tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Descriptions of a revival: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.5; Letter from Samuel McCorkle, 1802, describing a revival in North Carolina and the experiences of people he knew to have been converted. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The development of sacred singing: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.11; In the first half of the nineteenth century, the music of southern white churches expanded to express a broader range of emotions. To help singers, "shape-note" tunebooks were developed with easy-to-read notation. Includes audio of present-day shape-note singing.; Format: article; By Gavin James Campbell.

Discussion guide: Religion in early America: This discussion guide will help students understand the larger context of religion in colonial America as they read about topics such as Quaker emigration and the Great Awakening.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Elizabeth, A Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.9; In this excerpt from her 1863 memoir, Elizabeth (her last name, if she had one, is unknown), a former slave, tells of her conversion to Christianity and her work as a minister. She faced opposition to her ministry both because she was African American and because she was a woman. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Exhilaration: This example of Sacred Harp or shape-note singing was recorded in Alabama in 1979. The first part of the song has no lyrics; the singers sing only the names of the notes. The public radio documentary Sacred...; Format: audio/music

"Fear of Insurrection": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.3; Excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs, in which the author recalls the hysteria in Edenton, North Carolina, after Nat Turner's Rebellion. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Into the wilderness: Circuit riders take religion to the people: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.2; In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, "circuit riders" preached to residents of the backcountry who were too scattered to be served by established churches.; Format: article; By N. Fred Jordan Jr. .

John Chavis: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.10; John Chavis (1762?–1838), a free African American living in North Carolina, was a widely respected minister and teacher with long-reaching influence on both whites and African Americans.; Format: biography

Maintaining balance: The religious world of the Cherokees: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.7; In the 1880s, Cherokee elders in the North Carolina mountains allowed a white man named James Mooney to observe and record information about their culture. The Cherokee myths that Mooney gathered and wrote down in English help explain the world of the Cherokees. These myths show that, for the Cherokees, the world was primarily a relationship of proper balance.; Format: article; By Karen Raley.

Nathan Cole and the First Great Awakening: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.13; Diary of a Connecticut man from the 1760s tells of his conversion experience after attending a revival at which the famous minister George Whitefield preached. Historical commentary explains the differences between eighteenth-century and present-day religion and revivals.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Olaudah Equiano remembers West Africa: In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.4; Excerpt from a book written by a freed slave in the late eighteenth century, with memories of his boyhood in Guinea. Describes the government, culture, religion, architecture, and agriculture of the region. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

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