Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Freedom's prophet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

177063785

Responsibility statement

Richard S. Newman

Sub title

Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers

Table Of 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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