Edward Africanus
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Africanus was widely considered the most talented minister in the New York Conference of the African American Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. He served as pastor at two churches in New York State: Bethel A.M.E. Church in Weeksville, a neighborhood founded by free African Americans in what is now Brooklyn, and the Macedonia A.M.E. Church in Flushing, which was reportedly a station on the Underground Railroad. Knowledgeable in Latin and Greek, Africanus was said to have \u00e2\u0080\u009ctowered high as [a] scholar and pulpit orator.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "This lithograph of Africanus was likely published as a memorial print soon after his untimely death in 1853, when he was in his early thirties. The Philadelphia Conference of the A.M.E. Church memorialized him as \u00e2\u0080\u009ca bright and shining light, a worthy, efficient and zealous minister, and a rare example of true virtue and vital piety.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Nueva York"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Durante su corta vida, Edward C. Africanus se dio a conocer como el ministro m\u00c3\u00a1s talentoso de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal Afroamericana (A.M.E) en la Conferencia de Nueva York. Fue pastor de dos iglesias A.M.E. en esa \u00c3\u00a1rea: la de Bethel en Weeksville, vecindario fundado por afroamericanos libres en el actual Brooklyn, y la de Macedonia en Flushing, que se dec\u00c3\u00ada era una parada del Ferrocarril Subterr\u00c3\u00a1neo. 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