Table of Contents: Freedom's prophet :

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newman, Richard S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Subjects and Genres:	Allen, Richard, > 1760-1831. African Methodist Episcopal Church > Bishops > Biography. African Methodist Episcopal Church > History. Bishops > United States > Biography.
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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.