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Recollections of Seventy Years
Recollections of Seventy Years
335 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1968
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Daniel Payne
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Daniel Alexander Payne (February 24, 1811 – November 2, 1893) was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author. A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and introduced more order in the church, becoming its sixth bishop and serving for more than four decades (1852–1893) as well as becoming one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856. In 1863 the AME Church bought the college and chose Payne to lead it; he became the first African-American president of a college in the United States and served in that position until 1877.
By quickly organizing AME missionary support of freedmen in the South after the Civil War, Payne gained 250,000 new members for the AME Church during the Reconstruction era. Based first in Charleston, he and his missionaries founded AME congregations in the South down the East Coast to Florida and west to Texas. In 1891 Payne wrote the first history of the AME Church, a few years after publishing his memoir.
Daniel Alexander Payne (February 24, 1811 – November 2, 1893) was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author. A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and introduced more order in the church, becoming its sixth bishop and serving for more than four decades (1852–1893) as well as becoming one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1856. In 1863 the AME Church bought the college and chose Payne to lead it; he became the first African-American president of a college in the United States and served in that position until 1877.
By quickly organizing AME missionary support of freedmen in the South after the Civil War, Payne gained 250,000 new members for the AME Church during the Reconstruction era. Based first in Charleston, he and his missionaries founded AME congregations in the South down the East Coast to Florida and west to Texas. In 1891 Payne wrote the first history of the AME Church, a few years after publishing his memoir.
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June 18, 2020
Along with Rev. Lewis Woodson, Rev. Daniel Payne joined the founding Board of Directors of Wilberforce University in 1856. He later became president of the university and became, at that time, the first black American college or university president.
As the Civil War came to a close, Payne coordinated the African Methodist Episcopal church's plans (A.M.E.) with Union generals. Just as soon as the Civil War ended, Payne led a delegation of younger A.M.E. ministers to South Carolina. The A.M.E. opened thousands of churches in the Deep South almost instantaneously. This provided a social fabric for the freedmen.
This is one of a very rare number of autobiographies by a black American to historicize this period of history.
As the Civil War came to a close, Payne coordinated the African Methodist Episcopal church's plans (A.M.E.) with Union generals. Just as soon as the Civil War ended, Payne led a delegation of younger A.M.E. ministers to South Carolina. The A.M.E. opened thousands of churches in the Deep South almost instantaneously. This provided a social fabric for the freedmen.
This is one of a very rare number of autobiographies by a black American to historicize this period of history.
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