TY - BOOK AU - Strobert,Nelson T. TI - Daniel Alexander Payne: the venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church SN - 9780761858683 AV - E185.97.P34 U1 - 287.8092 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - University Press of America KW - Payne, Daniel Alexander, KW - African Methodist Episcopal Church KW - Clergy KW - Biography KW - Wilberforce University KW - Presidents KW - fast KW - African American scholars KW - African American college presidents KW - African Americans KW - Intellectual life KW - 19th century KW - African American clergy KW - Educators KW - United States KW - Savants noirs américains KW - Biographies KW - Présidents et recteurs d'université noirs américains KW - Noirs américains KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - 19e siècle KW - Clergé noir américain KW - Éducateurs KW - États-Unis KW - Clergé KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Religious KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=481993 ER -