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Your sister in the gospel : the life of Jane Manning James, a nineteenth-century Black Mormon / Quincy D. Newell.
LIBRA BX8695.J35 N49 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newell, Quincy D., 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, Jane Elizabeth Manning, approximately 1813-1908.
- James, Jane Elizabeth Manning.
- African American Latter Day Saints--Biography.
- African American Latter Day Saints.
- African American women--Utah--Biography.
- African American women.
- Utah.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- 'Your Sister in the Gospel' is a scholarly biography of Jane Manning James, a black Mormon. Quincy D. Newell chronicles the life of this remarkable yet largely unknown figure and reveals why James's story changes our understanding of American history.
- Contents:
- 1 When a Child (ca. 1820-1843) p. 7
- 2 We Walked (ca. 1842-1843) p. 23
- 3 The Beautiful Nauvoo (1843-1844) p. 40
- 4 We Got Along Splendid (1844-1848) p. 56
- 5 Isaac James, Wife and Children (1847-ca. 1870) p. 72
- 6 Desired to Do Right (1870-1877) p. 89
- 7 Is There No Blessing for Me? (ca. 1880-1894) p. 104
- 8 That Was Faith (ca. 1892-1908) p. 119.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199338663
- 9780199338665
- OCLC:
- 949911883
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