Elaw, Zilpha, approximately 1790-1846
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Cousin Alice, approximately 1790-1846
Elaw, Zilpha, b. ca. 1790
Zilpha, Cousin, approximately 1790-1846
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- Organization: Methodist Episcopal Society
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found: Sisters of the spirit, c1986:CIP p. ix (Mrs. Zilpha Elaw) p. 15 (b. ca. 1790)
found: Her Twilight stories, 1865:t.p. (Cousin Zilpha)
found: Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Elaw, Zilpha; evangelist, autobiographer/ memoirist; born in 1790 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; joined the Methodist Episcopal Society near Philadelphia (1808); recovering from a trance she believed she had received sanctification of her soul from God (1817); displayed courage by preaching in Washington, DC, and the slaveholding states of Maryland and Virginia to both black and white converts (1828); preached more than a thousand sermons in England on the word of God and enjoyed great success; wrote memoirs she self-published in London (1846); died in 1846 possibly in England, United Kingdom)
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1985-06-18: new
2022-08-05: revised
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