Abstract
What methods are we to employ in the understanding of history? Certainly one of the most useful—and fascinating—approaches is through personalities, the prominent and the little known. What better technique for our present study than to stroll through a portrait gallery, observing sketches of early black Methodists. Many are nameless, so far as extant records show, but these men and women whose names are now known only to God, made an invaluable contribution. Some faces are easily recognized. All belong and all have an important story to tell. Time permits us to select but a few. Many more could—and should—be included, and this calls for continued research and publication.