Gifts of power: the writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black visionary, Shaker eldress

Awakening and early "gifts" (1830-1832)

Breaking away from family and churches (1833-1836)

Finding "God's True People on Earth" (1840-1843)

Shaker Doctrine and first residence at Watervliet (1844-1851)

Interim in Philadelphia: experiments in Seance Spiritualism (1851-1857)

Second residence at Watervliet: Establishment of the Philadelphia Shaker Community (1857-1864).