02307nam 2200541 450 99624799670331620220723125524.00-674-05662-0(CKB)2560000000326034(MH)012316937-2(SSID)ssj0001335341(PQKBManifestationID)12571230(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001335341(PQKBWorkID)11272801(PQKB)10953799(MiAaPQ)EBC6796458(Au-PeEL)EBL6796458(OCoLC)889235820(EXLCZ)99256000000032603420220723d2010 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSetting down the sacred past African-American race histories /Laurie F. Maffly-KippCambridge, Massachusetts :Harvard University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (341 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographIncludes bibliographical references and index.Wonders of the ancient past -- The children of Gilead -- The serpentine trail -- Exodus and Ethiopia -- The Negro race history -- "The grand traditions of our race".As early as the 1780's, African Americans told stories that enabled them to survive and even thrive in the midst of unspeakable assault. Tracing previously unexplored narratives from the late eighteenth century to the 1920's, Laurie Maffly-Kipp brings to light an extraordinary trove of sweeping race histories that African Americans wove together out of racial and religious concerns.-publisher description.African AmericansRace identityHistory18th centuryAfrican AmericansRace identityHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansReligion18th centuryAfrican AmericansRace identityHistoryAfrican AmericansRace identityHistoryAfrican AmericansReligion305.896073Maffly-Kipp Laurie F.1960-859153MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247996703316Setting down the sacred past2364453UNISA