The Methodists, like the Baptists and Presbyterians ultimately split between
northern and southern branches essentially over slavery.  In the 1830s (or
1840s) the Methodist Episcopal South denomination arose as a pro-slavery
version of Methodism.

Harold S. Forsythe
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>A lot of people aren't aware of it, but Methodists were as opposed to
> slavery as were the Quakers. By some accounts, during the slave
> rebellion by Gabriel Prosser in the early 1800s, they were going to
> spare "Methodists, Quakers and Frenchmen."
>
> Nancy
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> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
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>
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> On Jan 15, 2007, at 7:22 PM, John Philip Adams wrote:
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>> This may explain why Methodist looked like a good alternative
>>
>> John Philip Adams
>> Texas 77520
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