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Zilpha Elaw
American preacher, autobiographer (–)
Zilpha Elaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | (aged&#;82&#;83) London, United Kingdom |
| Known&#;for | Christian itinerant preacher |
| Notable work | Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels and Labours of Mrs.
Zilpha Elaw, an American Female of Colour |
Zilpha Elaw (c. &#;– )[1] was an African-American preacher and spiritual autobiographer. She has been cited as "one of the first outspoken black women in the United States."[2]Mitzi Smith suggests that Elaw and other Black women of the time such as Old Elizabeth used Pauline biblical texts to develop their own "politics of origins".[3]
Biography
Elaw was born in Pennsylvania, a free woman.[4] Brought up in Philadelphia by a black and deeply religious family, after the death of her mother in , she was sent to live with a Quaker family, Pierson and Rebecca Mitchell; her father died just two years