Henry McNeal Turner 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 t... more
Turner, Henry Mcneal 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, and... more
