The Mark of a Man Peter Spencer and the African Union Methodist Tradition: The Man, the Movement, the Message, and the Legacy
, by Baldwin, Lewis V.- ISBN: 9780819165367 | 0819165360
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/14/1987
The fascinating biography of Peter Spencer (1782-1843) who was the most important leader of the Union Church of African Members, the first body of African Methodists to win unconditional independence from white Methodism. Born a slave, Spencer migrated to Wilmington, Delaware, joined the mostly white Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, attended a Quaker school, and soon became the recognized leader of the black people of Delaware.