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Levi Jenkins Coppin

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"Autobiography of Levi Jenkins Coppins (1848-1924), Eastern Shore, Maryland-native, 'thirtieth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, editor, and missonary.' After entering the ministry from Bethel A.M.E. Church in Wilmington, Delware, Coppin served in Baltimore and in Philadelphia where he became editor of the A.M.E. Church Review. In 1900, he was elected bishop, first serving in South African and later in the American South, Midwest, and in Canada. A concluding chapter concerns his personal life including his second marraige to Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913), a long-time educator at Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth."--Description from Ian Brabner Rare Americana.