| Description |
xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-340) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
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Allen, Richard, 1760-1831. |
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African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops -- Biography.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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Bishops. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Bishops -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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African Methodist Episcopal Church -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780814758267 cl alkaline paper |
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0814758266 cl alkaline paper |
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