Father James Page: An Enslaved Preacher`s Climb to Freedom 9781421440309

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Автор: Rivers Larry Eugene
Название: Father James Page: An Enslaved Preacher`s Climb to Freedom
ISBN: 9781421440309
Издательство: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Америк

ISBN-10: 142144030X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 324
Вес: 0.58 кг.
Дата издания: 02.02.2021
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 12 illustrations, black and white; 7 illustrations, black and white
Размер: 23.11 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Подзаголовок: An enslaved preacher`s climb to freedom
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This first-of-its-kind biography tells the story of Rev. James Page, who rose from slavery in the nineteenth century to become a religious and political leader among African Americans as well as an international spokesperson for the cause of racial equality.

James Page spent the majority of his life enslaved--during which time he experienced the death of his free father, witnessed his mother and brother being sold on the auction block, and was forcibly moved 700 miles south from Richmond, VA, to Tallahassee, FL, by his enslaver, John Parkhill. Page would go on to become Parkhills chief aide on his plantation and, unusually, a religious leader who was widely respected by enslaved men and women as well as by white clergy, educators, and politicians. Rare for enslaved people at the time, Page was literate--and left behind ten letters that focused on his philosophy as an enslaved preacher and, later, as a free minister, educator, politician, and social justice advocate.

In Father James Page, Larry Eugene Rivers presents Page as a complex, conflicted man: neither a nonthreatening, accommodationist mouthpiece for white supremacy nor a calculating schemer fomenting rebellion. Rivers emphasizes Pages agency in pursuing a religious vocation, in seeking to exhibit manliness in the face of chattel slavery, and in pushing back against the overwhelming power of his enslaver. Post-emancipation, Page continued to preach and to advocate for black self-determination and independence through black land ownership, political participation, and business ownership. The church he founded--Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee--would go on to be a major political force not only during Reconstruction but through today.

Based upon numerous archival sources and personal papers, as well as an in-depth interview of James Page and a reflection on his life by a contemporary, this deeply researched book brings to light a fascinating life filled with contradictions concerning gender, education, and the social interaction between the races. Rivers biography of Page is an important addition, and corrective, to our understanding of black spirituality and religion, political organizing, and civic engagement.

Father James Page: An Enslaved Preacher`s Climb to Freedom, Rivers Larry Eugene