Northern and Southern Methodists shared white supremacy despite splitting over slavery

Evidence

While they disagreed about slavery, both Southern and Northern Methodists agreed that black Methodists should hold a subservient place not just in society but even in Christian fellowship. Even after the southern and northern branches of Methodists reunited in 1939, they refused to integrate black Methodist churches into their existing regional jurisdictions. Instead, they segregated all black congregations into a newly created and deceptively named “Central Jurisdiction,” thereby limiting their influence in the denomination for three decades until this system was finally abolished in 1968. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 33

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the pattern of caste persisting across Indian religious communities despite doctrinal rejection — from ‘Annihilation of Caste’. — connects to: White racism in the North matched southern white supremacy in ferocity. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 259; Northern whites expressed abundant support for segregation — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 979; Early anti-slavery advocates often still believed in white supremacy and racial separation — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3389 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• White racism in the North matched southern white supremacy in ferocity. #corroborates (0.85) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 259
• Early anti-slavery advocates often still believed in white supremacy and racial separation #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3389
• Northern whites expressed abundant support for segregation #corroborates (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 979
• White churches historically functioned as agents upholding racist social structures #expands (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1055
• Christian theology and institutions served as the central support for American white supremacy #qualifies (0.72) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 32
• White churches actively produced white supremacy rather than merely tolerating it #qualifies (0.70) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 102