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First Purchase Church Chapter 12 By Jordan Burgess What Evidence is there of the Black's Poverty? The evidence of the black's poverty is shown in the keeping of the church and it surrounding area and in what they cannot afford i.e. piano, hymn books etc. This chapter contains many descriptions of the church and its surroundings. The scruffiness of the church shows that it cannot afford to redecorate, "It was an ancient paint-peeled frame building", shows they cannot afford paint. The fact that "Whites gambled in it on weekdays" while "Negroes worshipped in it on Sundays" shows that they are so desperate for money they have to get some extra income by passing it off as a casino. It also shows that the whites have very little respect for it being a church. To be able to afford the land in the first place the blacks had to settle for poor land - "brick hard clay"-...

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