03352nam 2200781 a 450 991078191470332120230721032304.00-8147-5901-70-8147-5852-510.18574/nyu/9780814759011(CKB)1000000000486917(EBL)865676(OCoLC)779828178(SSID)ssj0000158245(PQKBManifestationID)11137490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158245(PQKBWorkID)10145957(PQKB)10972497(MiAaPQ)EBC865676(MdBmJHUP)muse10630(OCoLC)233535227(Au-PeEL)EBL865676(CaPaEBR)ebr10268980(DE-B1597)547031(DE-B1597)9780814759011(EXLCZ)99100000000048691720071017d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFreedom's prophet[electronic resource] Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers /Richard S. NewmanNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (373 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5857-6 0-8147-5826-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-340) and index.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.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 AfricanBishopsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican-American.Allen.American.Richard.activist.biography.black.church.early.first.founder.leading.long-overdue.major.republic.Bishops287/.83BNewman Richard S216218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781914703321Freedom's prophet3782288UNINA