Henry McNeal Turner

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bishop
gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:Black_nationalism
African American civil rights
African American emigration to Liberia
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Black_emigration_movement
gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
Georgia politics
gptkbp:birthDate 1834-02-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newberry_County,_South_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Henry_McNeal_Turner_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1915-05-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Windsor,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Georgia_House_of_Representatives
1868
gptkbp:expelledFromOffice 1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry McNeal Turner
gptkbp:knownFor fiery oratory
leadership in AME Church
political activism during Reconstruction
gptkbp:legacy pioneer in African American religious and political leadership
early advocate for Black self-determination
influential in Black church history
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:priest
gptkbp:notableFor first Southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
advocate for African American emigration to Africa
Reconstruction-era politician
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkb:writer
minister
politician
gptkbp:race gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:religion gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:servedAs Georgia state legislator
chaplain in the United States Colored Troops
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eliza_Peacher_Turner
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Genius_and_Theory_of_Methodist_Polity
gptkb:Methodist_Polity
various sermons and speeches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4