Segregated Sabbaths; Richard Allen and the Emergence of Independent Black churches 1760-1840. / Carol V. R. George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Carol V. R.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.

Allen, Richard.

African Methodist Episcopal Church.

African American churches--United States.

African American churches.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 205 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustration ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Segregated Sabbaths Richard Allen and the Rise of Independent Black Churches

Place of Publication:

New York, Oxford University Press, 1973.

Contents:

Introduction: Why a Separate Black Church

Settling in Philadelphia

A Question of Control: Black Methodists or White

The Pastor of Mother Bethel

America's First Black Bishop

"Who Is My Brother?": Serving the Wider Community

Mobilizing the Churches: The Attack on Colonization

Preaching and Theology

Allen, Abolition, and Reform: The Decade after His Death.

Notes:

"Jacket design by Egon Lauterberg."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-198) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

OCLC:

701003