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

By: Newman, Richard S.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2008Description: xiii, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Allen, Richard, 1760-1831 | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops -- Biography | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- History | Bishops -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 287/.83 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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287/.83 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-340) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.