| 词条 | Rev. Samuel Harrison |
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Birth and Early LifeSamuel Harrison was born into slavery in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was freed along with his mother in 1821.[3] As a young man he was an apprentice shoemaker for his uncle when he felt a draw towards being a minister. He began his education under Gerrit Smith and later studied at the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School, both of which had strong abolitionist leanings.[3] During this time Harrison married his childhood sweetheart, Ellen Rhodes, and they later had 13 children. He was ordained and began work as the first minister of the 2nd Congregational Church of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[1] Military Service and Equal Pay DebateRev. Harrison became one of 19 African American chaplains during the Civil War, where he was part of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first all black unit in the North during the Civil War. During this time, Rev. Harrison protested the unequal pay gap between white and black chaplains. His friendship with Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew allowed him enough sway for Andrew to draft a letter to Abraham Lincoln requesting that he end the racist practice, naming Rev. Harrison and describing his unequal experiences.[2] In 1864, not a year later, President Lincoln equalized the pay scale.[1] Rev. Harrison was discharged in 1864 due to illness.[3] Later Life, Death, and LegacyAfter being honorably discharged from the Army, Rev. Harrison ministered at several different churches in multiple Northeastern states. In the states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine he wrote pieces against the state of racial dynamics during the era of Reconstruction.[1] He wrote his memoir, Rev. Samuel Harrison: His Life Story, and returned to pastor the 2nd Congregational Church of Pittsfield.[1] He died on August 11, 1900, in the city where he had begun his ministry.[4] His house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, deemed the Samuel Harrison House, was made a historic site in 2006. References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://blackpast.org/aah/harrison-samuel-1818-1900|title=Jones-Sneed, Frances {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|last=|first=|date=|website=blackpast.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05Yl-8VpqoMC&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=abraham+lincoln+samuel+harrison&source=bl&ots=8LUuk6qvLH&sig=NXrGVuIun3ROYaqs51ddwAmaNak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-spWcweHeAhUjLX0KHekUBF4Q6AEwDnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=abraham%20lincoln%20samuel%20harrison&f=false|title=The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln|last=Lincoln|first=Abraham|date=2008-10-01|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=9781434477088|language=en}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.samuelharrison.org/biography.html|title=Biography {{!}} Samuel Harrison Society|website=www.samuelharrison.org|access-date=2018-11-19}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Rev.SamuelHarrisonHisLifeStory|title=Rev. Samuel Harrison His Life Story|last=Samuel Harrison|date=1899}} See AlsoSamuel Harrison House54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer InfantryAbolitionismExternal Links[https://blackpast.org/aah/harrison-samuel-1818-1900 Biography of Rev. Samuel Harrison at The Black Past] Biography of Rev. Samuel Harrison at The Samuel Harrison Society[https://books.google.com/books?id=05Yl-8VpqoMC&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=abraham+lincoln+samuel+harrison&source=bl&ots=8LUuk6qvLH&sig=NXrGVuIun3ROYaqs51ddwAmaNak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-spWcweHeAhUjLX0KHekUBF4Q6AEwDnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=abraham%20lincoln%20samuel%20harrison&f=false Lincoln's correspondence referencing Rev. Harrison's unequal pay plea] 3 : 1818 births|1900 deaths|19th-century African-American activists |
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