Gifts of Power
Author | : Rebecca Jackson |
Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1987 |
ISBN-10 | : 0870235656 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780870235658 |
Rating | : 4/5 (658 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Gifts of Power by : Rebecca Jackson
Download or read book Gifts of Power written by Rebecca Jackson and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A free black woman in antebellum America, Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871) was an independent itinerant preacher and religious visionary who founded a Shaker community in Philadelphia that survived her death by twenty-five years. Gifts of powers containers her complete extant writings, covering the period 1830 to 1864."--Dust jacket.