James W.C. Pennington: African American Churchman and Abolitionist

by Herman E. Thomas

Overview

The story of James W.C. Pennington who was a former slave, then a Yale scholar, minister, and international leader of the Antebellum abolitionist movement. He escaped from slavery aged 19 in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery before the Civil War. In 1837 he was ordained as a priest after studying at Yale and was soon traveling all over the world as an anti-slavery advocate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815318897
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/1995
Series:	Studies in African American History and Culture
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two In Search of a Christian America: Pennington in the Religious and Cultural Pattern of the Nineteenth Century Chapter Three The Fugitive Blacksmith, Chapter Four Pennington and African-American 69 Religion, Chapter Five Pennington and the Abolition Movement Chapter Six Pennington: Advocate of Liberation through Education, Civil Rights, and Civil War Chapter Seven Summary and Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Traces the life and career of Pennington (1809-70), called the Fugitive Blacksmith. Born a slave, he escaped to Long Island, became a Christian and an abolitionist, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, the author of two books and many articles, an organizer of the Union Missionary Society, and a Doctor of Divinity (U. of Heidelberg). Emphasizes his movement within the overlapping circles of evangelical Protestantism, social reformers, and free northern blacks. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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