Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding FathersNYU Press, 1 mar 2008 - 376 Freedom’s Prophet is a biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African American church and leading black activist of America’s early nation. Gold Winner of the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography Category A tireless minister, abolitionist, and reformer, Richard Allen inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African American history, influencing nearly every black leader of the nineteenth century, from Frederick Douglass to W. E. B. Du Bois. Born a slave in colonial Philadelphia, Allen secured his freedom during the American Revolution, becoming one of the nation’s leading black activists before the Civil War. Among his achievements, Allen helped form the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, co-authored the first copyrighted pamphlet by an African American writer, published the first African American eulogy of George Washington, and convened the first national convention of Black reformers. In a time when most Black men and women were categorized as slave property, Allen was championed as a Black hero. In Freedom’s Prophet, history professor Richard S. Newman describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. From Allen's antislavery struggles and belief in interracial harmony to his reflections on Black democracy and Black emigration, Newman traces Allen's impact on American reform and reformers, on racial attitudes of the early republic, and on the Black struggle for justice in the age of Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Washington. Whether serving as America’s first Black bishop, challenging slave-holding statesmen in a nation devoted to liberty, or visiting the President's House (the first Black activist to do so), Allen’s achievements place him in the pantheon of Americas great founding figures. |
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... master, Benjamin Chew, just outside Philadelphia, I was lucky to meet scholars and museum professionals who remain interested in linking their story to African American history. Dave Young, Phillip Seitz, and Ann Roller have generously ...
... master, Benjamin Chew, just outside Philadelphia, I was lucky to meet scholars and museum professionals who remain interested in linking their story to African American history. Dave Young, Phillip Seitz, and Ann Roller have generously ...
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... master . Allen always behaved " honestly , " wrote Stokeley Sturgis , Allen's former master , in 1783. Though a young man and enslaved , Allen seemed destined for big things.5 For many of his admirers , Allen was not simply a great ...
... master . Allen always behaved " honestly , " wrote Stokeley Sturgis , Allen's former master , in 1783. Though a young man and enslaved , Allen seemed destined for big things.5 For many of his admirers , Allen was not simply a great ...
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... masters through violence ; rather , they had to exemplify Christian charity and forgiveness . In this manner , he believed , African Americans would move from outsiders to fellow believers to equal citizens . Allen's was truly a ...
... masters through violence ; rather , they had to exemplify Christian charity and forgiveness . In this manner , he believed , African Americans would move from outsiders to fellow believers to equal citizens . Allen's was truly a ...
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... master's Delaware home and along the mid- Atlantic coast during his first few years of freedom , Allen crafted a pulpit , arranged the pews , and whitewashed the walls of his new church . After being inaugurated in July 1794 , Bethel ...
... master's Delaware home and along the mid- Atlantic coast during his first few years of freedom , Allen crafted a pulpit , arranged the pews , and whitewashed the walls of his new church . After being inaugurated in July 1794 , Bethel ...
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... master's estate . The industrious Dexter then worked as a coachman for several years before becoming a “ fruitier ” in the 1790s . Well - known to white abolitionists , he eventually bought property , married , and turned to racial ...
... master's estate . The industrious Dexter then worked as a coachman for several years before becoming a “ fruitier ” in the 1790s . Well - known to white abolitionists , he eventually bought property , married , and turned to racial ...
Spis treści
Allens Antislavery Appeal | |
Allens Role as a Black Mediator | |
Establishing the AME Church | |
Stay or Go? Allen and African Colonization | |
Shadow Politics and Community Conflict in the 1820s | |
A Black Founders Expanding Visions | |
Last Rights | |
Richard Allen and the Soul of Black Reform | |
Notes | |
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Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black ... Richard S. Newman Ograniczony podgląd - 2009 |
Freedom's Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black ... Richard S. Newman Ograniczony podgląd - 2008 |
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