- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- AME Church Bishops
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-6170
- Date of Original:
- 1876
- Subject:
- Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African American men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African American Methodists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Universities and colleges--Ohio--Wilberforce
Universities and colleges--South Carolina--Columbia
African American universities and colleges--Ohio--Wilberforce
African American universities and colleges--South Carolina--Columbia
Libraries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831
Brown, Morris, 1770-1849
Waters, Edward, d. 1847
Quinn, William Paul, 1788-1873
Nazrey, Willis, 1808-1875
Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
Wayman, A. W. (Alexander Walker), 1821-1895
Campbell, Jabez Pitt, 1815-1891
Shorter, James A., 1817-1887
Ward, Thomas M. D.
Brown, John Mifflin, b. 1817 - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379
- Medium:
- lithographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Richard Allen (center), the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, is depicted with other bishops in an 1876 lithograph. Established in Pennsylvania in 1816, the AME Church arrived in Georgia at the close of the Civil War, as missionaries from the denomination entered the state with Union troops.
Image of an 1876 lithograph in which Richard Allen (center), the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, is depicted with other bishops. The images of the bishops are surrounded by scenes including Wilberforce University, the oldest private African-American university in the United States; Payne Institute, an historically African-American school that later became Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina; and the A.M.E. church book depository in Philadelphia.
Established in Pennsylvania in 1816, the AME Church arrived in Georgia at the close of the Civil War, as missionaries from the denomination entered the state with Union troops. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/african-methodist-episcopal-church-ame-church/m-10188/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/african-methodist-episcopal-church-ame-church
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/methodist-church-overview
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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