| Author | Gomez-Jefferson, Annetta Louise, 1927-
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| Title | The sage of Tawawa : Reverdy Cassius Ransom, 1861-1959 / Annetta L. Gomez-Jefferson.
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| Published | Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2002.
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| Description | xv, 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-87338-748-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-314) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Prologue: Harriet Ransom's son, 1861-1886 -- Green and golden college days, 1881 -- Early itinerant ministry, 1886-1896 -- The institutional church, 1896-1904 -- New England years, 1904-1907 -- New York ministry, 1907-1912 -- Ransom the editor, 1912-1916 -- From editor to bishop, 1916-1924 -- Early Episcopal districts, 1924-1932 -- The fourth district and Wilberforce, 1932-1940 -- The Wilberforce dilemma and Sims trial, 1940-1947 -- Ransom the historiographer, 1947-1952 -- Epilogue: Ransom the ransomed, 1952-1959.
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| Subjects | African Americans -- Ohio -- Biography.
African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Bishops -- Biography.
Ohio -- Biography.
Ransom, Reverdy C. (Reverdy Cassius), 1861-1959.
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| LC Card Number | 2002-1848 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: BX 8449 R212 G6
mq231000: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 139731] |
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