Introduction: A Black founder's many worlds
"For Zion's sake ... I will not rest"
The year of the fever, part 1 : a (deceptively) simple narrative of the Black people
The year of the fever, part 2 : Allen's antislavery appeal
"We participate in common" : Allen's role as a Black mediator
A liberating theology : establishing the AME Church
Stay or go? : Allen and African colonization
Allen challenged : shadow politics and community conflict in the 1820s
A Black founders' expanding visions
Conclusion: Richard Allen and the soul of Black reform.