Page 23 - Notable Black Preachers

Professor William Pierson of Fisk University

explained how the term "Hoosier" could have
originated as a derogatory label for those attending

these rural camp meetings (The Wallbuilder Report,

2005):

“Such an

etymology

would offer

Indiana a

plausible and

worthy first

Hoosier - 'Black

Harry' Hoosier -

the greatest

preacher of his

day, a man who

rejected slavery

and stood up for

morality and the

common man."