About this title: "Freedom's Prophet" is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. A tireless minister, abolitionist, and reformer, Allen inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African-American history and influenced nearly every black leader of the nineteenth century, from Douglass to Dubois.Allen (1760-1831) was born a slave in colonial Philadelphia, secured his freedom during the American Revolution, and became one of the nation's leading black activists before the Civil War. ...
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Description: Very good. This book is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, a tireless minister, abolitionist, reformer, who inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African American history influenced nearly every black leader of the 19th century, f. read more
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