Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African AmericansMaria Stewart is believed by many to have been the first American woman of any race to give public political speeches. In Word, Like Fire, Valerie C. Cooper argues that the religious, political, and social threads of Maria Stewart's thought are tightly interwoven, such that focusing narrowly on any one aspect would be to misunderstand her rhetoric. Cooper demonstrates how a certain kind of biblical interpretation can be a Rosetta Stone for understanding various areas of African American life and thought that still resonate today. |
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Contents
1 | 39 |
chapter 2 | 91 |
chapter 3 | 111 |
Maria Stewarts Attitudes toward Race and Nation | 153 |
Conclusion | 175 |
| 183 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible, and the Rights of African Americans Carter G. Woodson Institute series |
| Author | Valerie C. Cooper |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0813931886, 9780813931883 |
| Length | 209 pages |
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