Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century

CONTENTS

CONTENTS PREFACE BY CATHERINE L. ALBANESE AND STEPHEN J. STEIN VI FOREWORD BY MARILYN RICHARDSON VIII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS X INTRODUCTION 1 TEXTUAL NOTE 23 I. The Life and Religious Experience ofJarena Lee 25 II. Memoirs ofthe Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels and Labors ofMrs. Zilpha Elaw 49 III. A Brand Plucked from the Fire: An Autobiographical Sketch by Mrs. Julia A. J. Foote 161 NOTES 235 ...