Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels, and Labours of Mrs. Elaw

Presents the remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist - Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793-1873). Blockett's introduction and extensive annotations draw on newly unearthed information about the entirety of Elaw's evangelism to provide context for this remarkable story of an antebellum Black woman's personal and professional mobility.