<Tr> <Td> Christianity portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Samuel Davies was a Presbyterian minister who later became the fourth president of Princeton University . He was noted for preaching to African slaves who converted to Christianity in unusually large numbers, and is credited with the first sustained proselytization of slaves in Virginia . Davies wrote a letter in 1757 in which he refers to the religious zeal of an enslaved man whom he had encountered during his journey . "I am a poor slave, brought into a strange country, where I never expect to enjoy my liberty . While I lived in my own country, I knew nothing of that Jesus I have heard you speak so much about . I lived quite careless what will become of me when I die; but I now see such a life will never do, and I come to you, Sir, that you may tell me some good things, concerning Jesus Christ, and my Duty to GOD, for I am resolved not to live any more as I have done ." </P>

Which english preacher was influential in the rise of the great awakening