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Description

1. .2 lin. ft.

Summary

1. The William Alexander Yancey Papers consist of his essays, sermons, correspondence, a program and certificate concerning Yancey's career as a teacher, Presbyterian missionary and minister.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Sermons, American > African American authors
2. Southern States > Social conditions > 1865-1945
3. Yancey, William Alexander
4. Schools > West Virginia
5. African American missionaries
6. African American teachers
7. African American Presbyterians > Virginia
8. African Americans > Education
9. Sermons
10. Slaves > United States > Social conditions
11. African Americans > Religion
12. African American clergy
13. African American preaching

Genre/Form

1. Sermons.

Call number

1. Sc MG 194

Biography (note)

1. Born a slave, William Alexander Yancey was a teacher and a Presbyterian minister and missionary.

Author

1. Yancey, William Alexander.

Title

1. William Alexander Yancey papers, [1899?]-1955.

Biography

1. Born a slave, William Alexander Yancey was a teacher and a Presbyterian minister and missionary. After the Civil War, he moved to Virginia and subsequently purchased some land there. In 1872 he converted to the Presbyterian faith. A year later, Yancey graduated from Hampton Normal School in Virginia. He taught school from 1873 to 1890, and was also a school principal. Yancey later became a Sabbath school missionary through the Presbyterian Church and was ordained a minister.

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1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Research call number

1. Sc MG 194