Freedom’s Prophet : : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers /

Freedom’s Prophet : : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers / / Richard S. Newman.

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An Interview with the Author on the History News NetworkA Founding Father with a Vision of Equality: Richard Newman's op-ed in The Philadelphia InquirerAuthor Spotlight in The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle"Gold" Winner of the 2008 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Newman, Richard S.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Black Founder’s Many Worlds
  • 1 “For Zion’s Sake . . . I Will Not Rest”
  • 2 Gospel Labors
  • 3 The Year of the Fever, Part 1: A (Deceptively) Simple Narrative of the Black People
  • 4 The Year of the Fever, Part 2: Allen’s Antislavery Appeal
  • 5 “We Participate in Common”: Allen’s Role as a Black Mediator
  • 6 A Liberating Theology: Establishing the AME Church
  • 7 Stay or Go? Allen and African Colonization
  • 8 Allen Challenged: Shadow Politics and Community Conflict in the 1820s
  • 9 A Black Founder’s Expanding Visions
  • 10 Last Rights
  • Conclusion: Richard Allen and the Soul of Black Reform
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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