George C. Rowe

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]

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]

Bibliography

"Thoughts in Verse" (1887)
"Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1890)^[9]
"Our Heroes: Patriotic Poems on Men, Women, and sayings of the Negro race"

References

^ Haley, James T. (January 25, 1895). "Afro-American Encyclopaedia". Haley & Florida – via Google Books.
^ Sherman, Joan R. (January 25, 1992). African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252062469 – via Google Books.
^ "Little England Chapel-originally known as the Ocean Cottage Sunday School-built about 1879". Historic Hampton Roads, Inc. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ "Our History". Little England Chapel Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ Shull, Carol D.; Savage, Beth L. (1994). African American historic places. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press. p. 503. ISBN 0-471-14345-6.
^ "Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race". Haley & Florida. January 25, 1895 – via Google Books.
^ Loth, Calder (January 25, 1995). Virginia Landmarks of Black History: Sites on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813916019 – via Google Books.
^ "Connecticut Review". Board of Trustees for Connecticut State Colleges. January 25, 1971 – via Google Books.
^ Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances Smith; Harris, Trudier (February 15, 2001). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198031758 – via Google Books.

[1] Haley, James T. (January 25, 1895). "Afro-American Encyclopaedia". Haley & Florida – via Google Books.

[litch-2] Sherman, Joan R. (January 25, 1992). African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252062469 – via Google Books.

[Historic-3] "Little England Chapel-originally known as the Ocean Cottage Sunday School-built about 1879". Historic Hampton Roads, Inc. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

[History-4] "Our History". Little England Chapel Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

[Shull_Savage-5] Shull, Carol D.; Savage, Beth L. (1994). African American historic places. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press. p. 503. ISBN 0-471-14345-6.

[6] "Afro-American Encyclopedia: Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race". Haley & Florida. January 25, 1895 – via Google Books.

[7] Loth, Calder (January 25, 1995). Virginia Landmarks of Black History: Sites on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813916019 – via Google Books.

[8] "Connecticut Review". Board of Trustees for Connecticut State Colleges. January 25, 1971 – via Google Books.

[9] Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances Smith; Harris, Trudier (February 15, 2001). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198031758 – via Google Books.

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