gifts of power: the writings of rebecca jackson

Gifts of power : the writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black visionary, Shaker eldress Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. In “Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson,” Alice Walker traces the spiritual pursuit of Rebecca Jackson, whom Walker calls a womanist. Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress. Edited with an Introduction by Jean McMahon Humez. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS of Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871), which appear here in print for the first time, are centrally concerned with how religious vision and ecstatic experience functioned for her and other women of her time as a source of personal power, enabling them to make radical change in the outward circumstances of their lives. 1st ed. Item #78060 JACKSON, Rebecca. Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson (1981) 12 ALICE WALKER Womanist (1983) 19 ALICE WALKER 2 Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi’s African Womanism 21 Womanism: The Dynamics of the Contemporary Black Female Novel in English (1985) 21 CHIKWENYE OKONJO OGUNYEMI 3 Clenora Hudson-Weems’s Africana Womanism 37 cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. By Richard E. Williams. 348 pp. Rebecca Cox was born on February 15, 1795 in Hornstown, Pennsylvania into a free family. In 1980, Rebecca’s writings were published in a single volume, called “Gifts of Power.” Also after her death, Alonzo G. Hollister, a Shaker leader, collected her writings (including an incomplete narrative of her life) and interviewed Philadelphia family members. Illus., portraits, map. Edited by Dorschner Cheryl. The turning point of Jackson’s life journey from enslavement to freedom starts with the “divine voice” calling her. REVIEW ESSAY: Rebecca Cox Jackson and the Uses of Power GIFTS OF POWER: THE WRITINGS OF REBECCA JACKSON, BLACK VISIONARY, SHAKER ELDRESS, edited by Jean McMahon Humez. She married Samuel S. Jackson and worked as a seamstress until she had a religious awakening during a thunderstorm in 1830. Today in SMYAL’s #WomensHistoryMonth series: Rebecca Cox Jackson Rebecca Cox Jackson was a minister and religious activist who co-founded a Black Shaker religious community with her partner Rebecca Perot in Philadelphia during the 1800s. Id 5857536 Id SCSB-7070328 Gifts of power : the writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black visionary, Shaker eldress by , unknown edition, Boston : The University of Massachusetts Press, 1981 . Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1981. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981. viii + 368 pp. SOURCES Rebecca Cox Jackson PBS.org: Rebecca Cox Jackson Women in History Ohio: Rebecca Jackson viii,368pp. $20.00. Near fine in very good d/j. For some reason, he was never able to produce a complete, edited manuscript. Gifts of power [electronic resource] : the writings of Rebecca Jackson, black visionary, Shaker eldress / edited, with an introduction, by Jean McMahon Humez. - Called and Chosen: The Story of Mother Rebecca Jackson and the Philadelphia Shakers. Ownership signature Adelaide Cromwell Gulliver on front free endpaper. Rebecca Jackson remained virtually unknown until her manuscripts were rediscovered and published in 1980 as Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Cox Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress. Biography. Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795–1871) was a free Black woman, best known for her religious activism and for her autobiography.. 0.00. Orig. Edited by Jean McMahon Humez. ATLA … The item Gifts of power : the writings of Rebecca Jackson, black visionary, Shaker eldress, edited, with an introduction, by Jean McMahon Humez represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Gifts of power : the writings of Rebecca Jackson, black visionary, Shaker eldress, edited, with Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981. Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress. The unburying of Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871) is a timely and

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