02854nam 22006014a 450 991096818010332120251116144637.00-8262-6299-6(CKB)1000000000006461(OCoLC)54761075(CaPaEBR)ebrary10048220(SSID)ssj0000229332(PQKBManifestationID)11194068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229332(PQKBWorkID)10168470(PQKB)10096920(MiAaPQ)EBC3570757(OCoLC)1017609628(MdBmJHUP)muse65214(Au-PeEL)EBL3570757(CaPaEBR)ebr10048220(OCoLC)56424997(EXLCZ)99100000000000646120030114d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrProphesying daughters Black women preachers and the Word, 1823-1913 /Chanta M. Haywood1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc20031 online resource (160 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1467-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-137) and index.The prophesying daughters : biographical and historical background -- The act of prophesying : nineteenth-century Black women preachers and Black literary history -- Prophetic change : Jarena Lee's and Julia Foote's uses of conversion rhetoric in the context of reader distrust -- Prophetic journeying : the trope of travel in Black women preachers' narratives -- Prophetic reading : Black women preachers and biblical interpretation -- Prophetic works : prophesying daughters and social activism--the case of Frances Joseph Gaudet -- Can I get a witness? : the implications of prophesying for African American literary studies.In nineteenth-century America, many black women left their homes, their husbands, and their children to spread the Word of God.Descendants of slaves or former "slave girls" themselves, they traveled all over the country, even abroad, preaching to audiences composed of various races, denominations, sexes, and classes, offering their own.African American women clergyHistory19th centuryAfrican American women clergyHistory20th centuryProphecyChristianityHistoryAfrican American women clergyHistoryAfrican American women clergyHistoryProphecyChristianityHistory.251/.0082/0973Haywood Chanta M.1968-1858006MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968180103321Prophesying daughters4459198UNINA