{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-life-religious-experience-ministerial-travels-and-labours-of-mrs-elaw-hardcover","title":"Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels, and Labours of Mrs. Elaw - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZilpha Elaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKimberly D. Blockett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young Black orphan indentured to a Quaker family in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793-1873) decided to join the upstart Methodists in 1808. She preached her first sermon a decade later, ignoring her husband and the many church leaders, clergy, and laity who tried to silence her. Elaw's memoir chronicles the first twenty years of her forty-year itinerant ministry during massive Protestant revivalism in the United States and England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elaw preached from Maine to Virginia, attracting multiracial and multidenominational audiences that included powerful men, wealthy White women, poor families, and enslaved communities. She moved from Bristol to Burlington, New Jersey, then to Nantucket, Massachusetts, and finally, in 1840, to London's East End. In England, Elaw's celebrity expanded, and at least twice she drew crowds so large they caused human stampedes and multiple injuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blockett's introduction and extensive annotations draw on newly unearthed information about the entirety of Elaw's evangelism to provide context for this remarkable story of an antebellum Black woman's personal and professional mobility.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young Black orphan indentured to a Quaker family in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793-1873) decided to join the upstart Methodists in 1808. She preached her first sermon a decade later, ignoring her husband and the many church leaders, clergy, and laity who tried to silence her. Elaw's memoir chronicles the first twenty years of her forty-year itinerant ministry during massive Protestant revivalism in the United States and England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elaw preached from Maine to Virginia, attracting multiracial and multidenominational audiences that included powerful men, wealthy White women, poor families, and enslaved communities. She moved from Bristol to Burlington, New Jersey, then to Nantucket, Massachusetts, and finally, in 1840, to London's East End. In England, Elaw's celebrity expanded, and at least twice she drew crowds so large they caused human stampedes and multiple injuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blockett's introduction and extensive annotations draw on newly unearthed information about the entirety of Elaw's evangelism to provide context for this remarkable story of an antebellum Black woman's personal and professional mobility.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimberly D. Blockett is associate professor of English at Penn State Brandywine. Her publications appear in the \u003ci\u003eCambridge History of African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMLA Approaches to Teaching Hurston\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMELUS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLegacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785797796128,"sku":"9781952271267","price":143.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d0ee57098454af74ea90263f92e50ce8.jpg?v=1780620986","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/memoirs-of-the-life-religious-experience-ministerial-travels-and-labours-of-mrs-elaw-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}