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-
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
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ISBN:0819165352 (alk. paper) : $19.75
0819165360 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $10.25
Notes:Bibliography: p. 63-72.
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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.
Physical Description:xxii, 87 p. : 2 ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 63-72.
ISBN:0819165352
0819165360