A Mysterious Life And Calling: From Slavery To Ministry In South Carolina (Wisconsin Studies In Autobiography)

A critical edition of a newly discovered autobiography, this is a rare glimpse into the life of a woman who was an educated urban slave in Charleston, South Carolina; served after the American Civil War as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; and contributed as a preacher, teacher, and postmistress to civic development in post-Reconstruction and early twentieth-century South Carolina.

• | Author: Charlotte S. Riley
• | Publisher: University Of Wisconsin Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 152 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0299306747
• | ISBN-13: 9780299306748