The Reverend Jennie Johnson and African Canadian History, 1868-1967

by Nina Reid-Maroney

This first scholarly treatment of a fascinating and understudied figure offers a unique and powerful view of nearly one hundred years of the struggle for freedom in North America.

WINNER: Alison Prentice Award

After her conversion at a Baptist revival at sixteen, Jennie Johnson followed the call to preach. Raised in an African Canadian abolitionist community in Ontario, she immigrated to the United States to attend the African Methodist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464475
• ISBN13: 9781580464475
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"