Daniel Alexander Payne
Subtitle: the venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
By: Nelson T. Strobert
Publisher: University Press of America; UPA
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780761858676; 9780761858683
Subjects: African American scholars; Educators; Presidents; African American college presidents; African American clergy; Wilberforce University; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Clergy; Intellectual life; African Americans; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index.
Table of contents: title: The formative years : 1811-1837; title: The transition years : 1837-1856; title: The Wilberforce experience : 1856-1876; title: The waning years : 1877-1893; title: Daniel Alexander Payne : recuperating his legacy.