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Newman Richard S |
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Freedom's prophet [[electronic resource] ] : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / / Richard S. Newman |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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0-8147-5901-7 |
0-8147-5852-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (373 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-340) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: A Black founder's many worlds -- "For zion's sake ... I will not rest" -- Gospel labors -- The year of the fever, part 1 : a (deceptively) simple narrative of the Black people -- The year of the fever, part 2 : Allen's antislavery appeal -- "We participate in common" : Allen's role as a Black mediator -- A liberating theology : establishing the AME Church -- Stay or go : Allen and African colonization -- Allen challenged : shadow politics and community conflict in the 1820s -- A Black founders' expanding visions -- Last rights -- Conclusion: Richard Allen and the soul of Black reform. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An Interview with the Author on the History News Network. A Founding Father with a Vision of Equality : Richard Newman's op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Author Spotlight in The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. ""Gold"" Winner of the 2008 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography Category. Freedom's Prophet is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. A tireless minister, abolitionist, and reformer, Allen inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African |
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