Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915), African American leader and a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, argued for African American emigration to Africa. Henry M. Turner was born free near Abbeville, South Carolina, on February 1, 1834. Unable...

TURNER, HENRY MCNEAL. Henry McNeal Turner (1834–1915) was the twelfth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the U. S. Army's first African American chaplain. He studied history, theology, law, Latin, Greek, Hebrew,...

Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) was a Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Turner was born "free" in Newberry Courthouse, South Carolina. Instead of being sold into slavery, his family sent him to live with a Quaker family. The law...

In the first serious book-length treatment of Henry McNeal Turner, Stephen Ward Angell, associated professor of religious studies at Florida A & M University, focuses on the life of a truly fascinating figure. Reverdy Ransom, one of Turner's colleagues, described him as an...

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