Daniel Alexander Payne

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.

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,  Educators, united states,  Clergy, biography,  Clergy, united states,  South carolina, biography

People: Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893)

Places: United States

Times: 19th century