Religious Experience and Journal of Jarena Lee is a book written by Jarena Lee in 1849. It is an autobiographical account of her life as an African American woman who felt called by God to preach the Gospel. Lee's religious experiences are chronicled in the book, as well as her struggles with racism and sexism in the early 19th century. The book begins with Lee's early life as a slave in New Jersey, where she was denied an education and forced to...