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He then brought his quarterbacks to Denver for pre-training camp meetings.

Mr. Floyd later said that he placed the story in the rural South, to echo the Sunday services, faith healings and camp meetings he had attended as a child.

At the time, the New York Times declared it “the largest religious camp meeting ever to take place in the United States.”

It is not clear whether Tubman attended any of Lee's camp meetings, but she was inspired by the evangelist.

“There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land,” he said.