01762cam a2200289 4500 758573850 TxAuBib 20080509120000.0 071017s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007043259 9780814758267 hbk. $34.95 0814758266 hbk. $34.95 (OCoLC)177063785 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP C#P JED OCLCQ DLC TxGR TxAuBib Newman, Richard S. Freedom's prophet [Book] : Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black founding fathers / Richard S. Newman. New York : New York University Press, 2008. xiii, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. 20080509. Allen, Richard 1760-1831. African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishops Biography. African Methodist Episcopal Church History. Bishops United States Biography. RV8