Where are all the prophets?
"Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no! I speak as one that must give an account at the awful bar of God" Maria Stewart, Abolitionist in 1831 I was doing some research for a project that I am completing when I came across the amazing writings of Maria Stewart. Maria was born in 1803 into a Freed Black family in the northern U.S. While her life had its share of heartaches and setbacks, she went on to become an outspoken critic of slavery, advocate for Black empowerment, women's rights and preacher of the gospel. Her writing and speaking style is passionate and ferocious. I think I am most inspired by her prophetic sense of call. She had every reason to be intimidated, yet spoke out publicly and boldly. She was a Black woman in the early nineteenth century who lived in a time with violence against women and people of color was common place, yet she confidently spoke to truth to power. She was able to do...