TY - GEN 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. 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. T1 - Daniel Alexander Paynethe venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / DA - 2012. CY - Lanham, MD : AU - Strobert, Nelson T. CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - BR1725.P39 PB - University Press of America, PP - Lanham, MD : PY - 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 SN - 9780761858683 TI - Daniel Alexander Paynethe venerable preceptor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church / 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 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 -