Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee. Illustrated

The life and religious experience of Jarena Lee, a colored lady. I was parted from my parents, and went to live as a servant maid, with a Mr. Sharp, at the distance of about sixty miles from the place of my birth. My parents being wholly ignorant of the knowledge of God, had not therefore instructed me in any degree in this great matter...

Jarena Lee (February 11, 1783 - February 3, 1864) was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)