| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: The recovered life of Isaac Anderson -- 1868 -- William Jackson Anderson -- Isaac Anderson -- Georgia -- 1870 -- Exodus -- Promised land -- The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church -- The forgetting |
| Summary |
"Owned by his father, Isaac Harold Anderson (1835-1906) was born enslaved but went on to become a wealthy businessman, grocer, politician, publisher, and religious leader in the African American community in the state of Georgia. Elected to the state senate, Anderson replaced his white father there, and later shepherded his people as a founding member and leader of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. He helped support the establishment of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, and helped freed people leave Georgia for safe havens in northern Mississippi and Arkansas. Eventually under threat to his life, Anderson fled to Arkansas, and then later still, to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Much of Anderson's unique story has been lost to history-until now. In The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson, author Alicia K. Jackson presents a biography of Anderson and in it a microhistory of Black religious life and politics after emancipation. A work of recovery, the volume captures the life of a shepherd to his journeying people, and of a college pioneer, a CME minister, a politician, and a freed person"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2021) |
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Anderson, Isaac Harold, 1835-1906.
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Anderson, William Jackson, d.1890.
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Anderson, William Jackson, d.1890
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Anderson, Isaac Harold, 1835-1906
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Colored Methodist Episcopal Church -- History
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Colored Methodist Episcopal Church fast |
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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African American religious leaders -- Biography
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African American politicians -- Biography
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African American educators -- Biography
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HISTORY / African American & Black.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
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African American educators
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African American politicians
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African American religious leaders
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African Americans
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Enslaved persons
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021026159 |
| ISBN |
9781496835178 |
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1496835174 |
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9781496835161 |
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1496835166 |
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9781496835154 |
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1496835158 |
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9781496835185 |
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1496835182 |
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