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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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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.

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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

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