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Freedom's Prophet : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers.

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, Bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, Richard S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments; 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 Founder's Expanding Visions; Last Rights.
  • Conclusion: Richard Allen and the Soul of Black ReformNotes; Index; About the Author.