The mark of a man : Peter Spencer and the African Union Methodist tradition : the man, the movement, the message, and the legacy /
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| Author / Creator: | Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c1987. |
| Description: | xxii, 87 p. : 2 ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/878266 |
| Summary: | The fascinating biography of Peter Spencer (1782-1843) who was the most important leader of the Union Church of African Members, the first body of African Methodists to win unconditional independence from white Methodism. Born a slave, Spencer migrated to Wilmington, Delaware, joined the mostly white Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, attended a Quaker school, and soon became the recognized leader of the black people of Delaware. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 87 p. : 2 ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 63-72. |
| ISBN: | 0819165352 0819165360 |