- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915)
- Creator:
- Angell, Stephen Ward, 1952-
- Publisher:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-03
- Subject:
- African American legislators--Georgia--History--19th century
Religious leaders--Georgia
Missionaries--Georgia
African American missionaries--Georgia
Methodists--Georgia
African American Methodists--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
African American clergy--Georgia - People:
- Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Henry McNeal Turner. One of the most influential African American leaders in late-nineteenth-century Georgia, Henry McNeal Turner was a pioneering church organizer and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Georgia, later rising to the rank of bishop. Turner was also an active politician and Reconstruction-era state legislator from Macon. Later in life, he became an outspoken advocate of back-to-Africa emigration.
GSE identifier: SS8H6 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/henry-mcneal-turner-1834-1915/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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