TY  - BOOK
AU  - Newman,Richard S.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Freedom's prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers 
AV  - BX8459.A4 N49 2008eb
U1  - 287/.83B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Allen, Richard,
KW  - African Methodist Episcopal Church
KW  - Bishops
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -