TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Strobert, Nelson T. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - BR1725.P39 CY - Lanham, MD : DA - 2012. ID - 694207 KW - African American scholars KW - African American college presidents KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - African American clergy KW - Educators KW - Clergy LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1013598 LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1013598 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. PB - University Press of America, PP - Lanham, MD : PY - 2012. SN - 9780761858683 T1 - Daniel Alexander Paynethe venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / TI - Daniel Alexander Paynethe venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1013598 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1013598 ER -