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Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers
Richard S. Newman
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Description for Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers
Paperback. A biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. It describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; HRCC95; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
Gold Winner of the 2008 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography Category
Brings to life the inspiring story of one of America's Black Founding Fathers, featured in the forthcoming documentary The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
Freedom's Prophet is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. A tireless minister, abolitionist, and reformer, Allen inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African American history and influenced nearly every black leader of the nineteenth century, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
359
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814758571
SKU
V9780814758571
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99-50
About Richard S. Newman
Richard Newman is Professor of History at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He is the author of The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic and co-editor of the series, Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900.
Reviews for Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers
"Few Americans know the extraordinary story of Richard Allen, who rose from slavery in colonial America to become a prosperous entrepreneur and inspirational preacher in the early republic. In this bold biography, Newman rescues Allen from obscurity to achieve a larger goal: to recognize African Americans as active makers of the American republic. The book’s title is provocative, since few ... Read more