"Face Zion Forward"
Subtitle: First Writers of the Black Atlantic, 1785-1798 (The Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: October 17, 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781555535391
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Black studies; Christianity; Civil rights & citizenship; Literary studies: general; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Slavery & emancipation; Social groups & communities; c 1700 to c 1800; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; American - African American & Black; To 1863; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; History / United States / General; African Americans; Sources; African American authors; American prose literature; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; History
Table of contents: title: A Narrative of the Lord's wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black, (Now Going to Preach the Gospel in Nova-Scotia) Born in New-York, in North-America. Taken Down from His Own Relation, Arranged, Corrected, and Published by the Rev. Mr. Aldridge. The Fourth Edition, Enlarged by Mr. Marrant, and Printed (with Permission) for His Sole Benefit, with Notes Explanatory (1785) / John Marrant; title: A Sermon Preached on the 24th Day of June 1789, Being the Festival of St. John the Baptist, at the Request of the Right Worshipful the Grand Master Prince Hall, and the Rest of the Brethren of the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in Boston (1789) / John Marrant; title: A Journal of the Rev. John Marrant, from August the 18th, 1785, to the 16th of March, 1790 (1790) / John Marrant; title: A Funeral Sermon Preached by the Desire of the Deceased, John Lock; The Text Chosen by Himself, from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, Chap. i., Ver. 21. And Was Preached According to Promise, before His Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, and All the Inhabitants round the Neighbouring Village, By the Rev. John Marrant (1790) / John Marrant; title: An Account of the Life of Mr. David George, from Sierra Leone in Africa; Given by Himself in a Conversation with Brother Rippon of London, and Brother Pearce of Birmingham (1793) / David George; title: A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge on the 25th of June, 1792. At the Hall of Brother William Smith, in Charlestown. By the Right Worshipful Master Prince Hall (1792) / Prince Hall