Religion, Segregation, and Voting Rights: Unforgetting the Legacies of Bishops George Foster Pierce and Lucius Henry Holsey in Hancock County, Georgia, USA

In this essay, I explore the history and public memory of two important bishops in the Methodist churches in Georgia. Through an examination of the lives of my ancestor, Bishop George Foster Pierce, and his Black contemporary, Bishop Lucius Holsey, I seek to illustrate how the forces of settler colo...

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Main Author: Leo Braselton Gorman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Genealogy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/3/64