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George C. Rowe
American poet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Life and career
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]
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Bibliography
- "Thoughts in Verse" (1887)
- "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1890)[9]
- "Our Heroes: Patriotic Poems on Men, Women, and sayings of the Negro race"
References
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