Black prophets of justice : activist clergy before the Civil War /

Black prophets of justice : activist clergy before the Civil War /

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Author / Creator:	Swift, David Everett, 1914-
Imprint:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1989.
Description:	xv, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African American clergy -- Biography. African American clergy -- Political activity. African American Presbyterians -- Biography. African American Congregationalists -- Biography. Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity African American clergy. African American clergy -- Political activity. African American Congregationalists. African American Presbyterians. Race relations. Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. United States -- Race relations United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1014053

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ISBN:	0807114618 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	Swift (religion, Wesleyan U.) examines the interlocking careers and influence of six black clergymen, two of them fugitive slaves, who lived in antebellum North and protested the racism of the time: Samuel Cornish, Theodore Wright, Charles Ray, Henry Highland Garnet, Amos Beman, and James Pennington
Physical Description:	xv, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0807114618