Rev Peter Stanford.

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Date:1860 - 1909 (c.)

Description:Stanford was born into slavery in America in 1860. He came to Birmingham in 1887 as a preacher in Hope Street Baptist Church, Highgate. This possibly makes him Birmingham's first black minister. He also set up a 'Wilberforce Memorial Chapel' in Sparkbrook. Stanford returned to America in 1895, where he wrote 'The Tragedy of the Negro in America' (1897).

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Social Justice Slavery Christianity African and African-Caribbean 1801-1900 (19th century)

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Stanford, "The Tragedy of the Negro in America" 1897*

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