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Freedom's prophet : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / / Richard S. Newman



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Autore: Newman Richard S Visualizza persona
Titolo: Freedom's prophet : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / / Richard S. Newman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
Disciplina: 287/.83
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Soggetto topico: Bishops - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-340) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Freedom's prophet  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-5901-7
0-8147-5852-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809377703321
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