Setting down the sacred past African-A merican race histories - Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F., 1960-; American Council of Learned Societies (Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010)
Wonders of the ancient past -- The children of Gilead -- The serpent ine trail -- Exodus and Ethiopia -- The Negro race history -- "The gran d traditions of our race".
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Keywords: African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 18th century; African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Religion -- 18th century; African Americans -- Religion -- 19th century; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; African Americans in literature -- History -- 18th century; African Americans in literature -- History -- 19th century; Black theology -- History