Apostle of Liberation - Ame Bishop Paul Quinn and the Underground Railroad

The first biography of 19th-century circuit-riding Black bishop William Paul Quinn, who liberated thousands through the Underground Railroad and helped establish the AME Church as the largest and most influential Black denomination in post-Civil War America.

About the author

Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Ph.D., is the author of Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance (2013). She is widely known as an archaeologist, and received the John L. Cotter Award from the Society for Historical Archaeology in 2011. In 2023 LaRoche received the Calvert Prize from the Maryland Historical Trust, and in 2022 LaRoche was interviewed on three PBS documentaries: "Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom," "Becoming Frederick Douglas," and "Making Black America: Through the Grapevine," a series hosted by Henry Louis Gates. LaRoche is an Associate Research Professor in Historic Preservation in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has consulted on a wide range of pre-Civil War historical projects and sites, particularly for the National Park Service. She also served as the project historian for the Cultural Expressions exhibition for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. She began her career as an archaeological conservator for the New York African Burial Ground.

Summary

The first biography of 19th-century circuit-riding Black bishop William Paul Quinn, who liberated thousands through the Underground Railroad and helped establish the AME Church as the largest and most influential Black denomination in post-Civil War America.

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Janifer Laroche, LaRoche Cheryl Janifer
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9781538198117
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9811-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / Methodist, Biography: religious & spiritual, Social and cultural history, Biography: religious and spiritual, Black & Asian Studies, Methodist Churches, Relating to African American / Black American people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional