United States, 39.76, -98.51811/1884George Foster Pierce, a Methodist minister and native of Greene County, served as the president of both Georgia Female College and Emory College before his 1854 election as bishop. A supporter of the Confederacy during the Civil War, Pierce defended the ownership of enslaved people by church leaders, an issue which created a breach between northern and southern Methodists.Image of a photograph of George Foster Pierce, a Methodist minister and native of Greene County, Georgia. Pierce served as the president of both Georgia Female College and Emory College before his 1854 election as bishop. A supporter of the Confederacy during the Civil War, Pierce defended the ownership of slaves by church leaders, an issue which created a breach between northern and southern Methodists.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/george-foster-pierce-1811-1884Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/george-foster-pierce-1811-1884Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaMethodists--GeorgiaMethodist Church--ClergyBishops--GeorgiaReligious leaders--GeorgiaCollege presidents--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaAuthors, American--Georgia--AtlantaPierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884George Foster PierceStillImage