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George W. LeVere
George Washington LeVere (October 9, 1820 – October 10, 1886) was an African American pastor, educator, abolitionist, and civil rights activist. As president of the African Civilization Society, LeVere met with President Abraham Lincoln and discussed the educational needs of freedmen. LeVere was a chaplain with the United States Colored Troops and served as a delegate to two Colored National Conventions and numerous Tennessee Republican Conventions. He was also the National Grand Master of the Prince Hall Freemasons from 1877 to 1886. Early life LeVere was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 9, 1820. He attended school in Brooklyn. He joined the Second Street Bethel Church, having been converted by Rev. Richard Robinson. He studied theology under Dr. Starrs. Career Education While studying to be a pastor, LeVere taught school for the General Assembly of Freedman in Brooklyn. After the Civil War, he was the president of the African Civilization Society which operated a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Civilization Society
The African Civilization Society was an emigration organization founded in 1858 by several prominent members of the historic African-American Weeksville community located in central Brooklyn, New York. Following the Civil War and emancipation of slaves, it changed its focus to helping provide basic needs to the millions of freedmen in the South, and to establishing schools to educate them. It recruited 129 teachers to go to the South to teach. History Founded in 1858, the organization was intended to promote emigration to Liberia, which gained independence in 1847, and create a competing "free-labor" cotton industry to the slavery-based cotton industries of the United States. In part the emphasis on emigration was prompted by great disappointment about the US Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, which ruled that blacks had no standing as citizens in the country. This decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of many tax paying, landowning, and successful black and African A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
