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Daniel Alexander Payne : the venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Title
- Daniel Alexander Payne : the venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / Nelson T. Strobert.
- Author
- Strobert, Nelson T.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
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- Description
- ix, 151 p.; 23 cm
- Summary
- This is a biography of Daniel Alexander Payne, a free person of color in nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina. He was an educator, pastor, abolitionist, poet, historiographer, hymn writer, ecumenist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Upon his election as president of Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1863, he became the first African American to lead an institution of higher education in the United States.
- Subjects
- African Methodist Episcopal Church Clergy > Biography
- Clergy > Biography
- Black author
- Educators > United States
- African Americans > Biography
- African American clergy > Biography
- African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century
- Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
- Wilberforce University Presidents > Biography
- African American scholars > Biography
- African American college presidents > Biography
- Wilberforce University Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-147) and index.
- Contents
- The formative years : 1811-1837 -- The transition years : 1837-1856 -- The Wilberforce experience : 1856-1876 -- The waning years : 1877-1893 -- Daniel Alexander Payne : recuperating his legacy.
- Call Number
- Sc D 13-104
- ISBN
- 9780761858676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0761858679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC
- 779265275
- Author
- Strobert, Nelson T.
- Title
- Daniel Alexander Payne : the venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / Nelson T. Strobert.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-147) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 13-104