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Bishop Richard Allen and His Spirit
40. Bishop William Wesley Beckett, Edisto, S. C.
41. Bishop Isaac N. Ross, Hawkins County, E. Tenn.
42. Bishop William D. Johnson, Glasgow, Ga.
43. Bishop Archibald J. Carey, Atlanta, Ga.
44. Bishop William Sampson Brooks, Lower Marlborough, Md.
45. Bishop William Tecumseh Vernon, Lebanon, Mo.
46. Bishop William A. Fountain, Elberton, Ga.
Of these, 6 were born in Pennsylvania: 7 in South Carolina; 6 in Maryland; 2 in Delaware; 7 in Georgia; 2 in New Jersey; 2 in Tennessee; 2 in Canada; 2 in Florida; 1 in East Indies; 1 in Virginia; 1 in West Indies; 1 in Ohio; 1 in Haiti; 1 in District of Columbia; 1 in Kentucky; 1 in Mississippi; 1 in Missouri.
As I sit here Business Manager of the A. M. E. Book Concern, organized in 1817, in this old and historic surrounding, I can feel the warmth of the spirit of those who labored here before me, the majority of them have gone to their reward, but each in his turn did
