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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Jarena Lee, a voice from the early 1800's
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Jarena Lee was a minister and traveling preacher in the early days of the African Methodist Episcopalian church. One of the free African Americans living in times of slavery, she preached to the free, and the enslaved; to Native communities, to white sympathizers, and slaveholders in mixed congregations and in the company of many denominations. She traveled thousands of miles whether on foot, by carriage, boat, or stage coach to reach her audiences. This week's podcast tells some of her story.
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Sources:
- Jarena Lee, brief biography "In addition to her work in ministry, Lee was also heavily involved in the abolitionist movement and joined the American Antislavery Society in 1839."
- Nine Black Women: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Writers from the United States, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean by Moira Ferguson
- Hidden Figures: The History of Black Women Preachers, Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University
“She (Sojourner Truth) professed: “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, because Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.”
Music
- Morris, Lulu, Herbert Halpert, and McCreasy McKissick. TheUnited States Needs Prayer, Everywhere. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200196312/.
- Keep Your Lamps, traditional, recorded by Neva Reece, available on most platforms
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