Freedom's prophet
Newman, Richard S.
Freedom's prophet Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / [electronic resource] : Richard S. Newman. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xiii, 359 p. : ill.
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,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops--Biography.
African Methodist Episcopal Church--History.
Bishops--United States--Biography.
Electronic books.
BX8459.A4 / N49 2008eb
287/.83 B
Freedom's prophet Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / [electronic resource] : Richard S. Newman. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xiii, 359 p. : ill.
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,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops--Biography.
African Methodist Episcopal Church--History.
Bishops--United States--Biography.
Electronic books.
BX8459.A4 / N49 2008eb
287/.83 B