George C. Rowe
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George Clinton Rowe (1853–1903) was an American missionary, minister, and poet. He is referred to in James T. Haley's Afro-American Encyclopaedia"" as the "Palmetto Poet".[1]
Life and career
[edit]He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut.[2]
He established the Sunday school with three Newtown children in his house.[3] The popularity of the Bible sessions called for an expanded space.[4][5]
He became a minister at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina and published verses.[6] Rowe was also a printer at Virginia's Hampton Institute and established what became the Little England Chapel Sunday school.[7][8]
Bibliography
[edit]- "Thoughts in Verse" (1887)
- "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1890)[9]
- "Our Heroes: Patriotic Poems on Men, Women, and sayings of the Negro race"
References
[edit]- ^ Haley, James T. (January 25, 1895). "Afro-American Encyclopaedia". Haley & Florida – via Google Books.
- ^ Sherman, Joan R. (January 25, 1992). African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252062469 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Little England Chapel-originally known as the Ocean Cottage Sunday School-built about 1879". Historic Hampton Roads, Inc. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Our History". Little England Chapel Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Shull, Carol D.; Savage, Beth L. (1994). African American historic places. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press. p. 503. ISBN 0-471-14345-6.
- ^ "Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race". Haley & Florida. January 25, 1895 – via Google Books.
- ^ Loth, Calder (January 25, 1995). Virginia Landmarks of Black History: Sites on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813916019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Connecticut Review". Board of Trustees for Connecticut State Colleges. January 25, 1971 – via Google Books.
- ^ Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances Smith; Harris, Trudier (February 15, 2001). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198031758 – via Google Books.