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Book/Printed Material The aim of life : live, learn, labor, love : annual address delivered at Clafin University, Orangeburg, S.C., April 26, 1892

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Title

  • The aim of life : live, learn, labor, love : annual address delivered at Clafin University, Orangeburg, S.C., April 26, 1892

Summary

  • Rowe, a African American minister addressing a Black audience at a Black university, says African Americans should establish and staff their own schools to instill racial pride and to provide role models for youth. He says African Americans are the equal of whites when educated and given a fair chance to achieve.

Names

  • Rowe, George Clinton, 1853-1903
  • Claflin University
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Charleston, S.C. : Kahrs and Welch, Printers ..., 1892.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Education

Genre

  • Addresses--South Carolina--Orangeburg--1892

Notes

  • -  Cover title.

Medium

  • 27 p. ; 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. 16, no. 10

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898207

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Rowe, George Clinton, Claflin University, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The aim of life: live, learn, labor, love: annual address delivered at Clafin University, Orangeburg, S.C. Charleston, S.C.: Kahrs and Welch, Printers, 1892. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/91898207/.

APA citation style:

Rowe, G. C., Claflin University & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1892) The aim of life: live, learn, labor, love: annual address delivered at Clafin University, Orangeburg, S.C. Charleston, S.C.: Kahrs and Welch, Printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/91898207/.

MLA citation style:

Rowe, George Clinton, Claflin University, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The aim of life: live, learn, labor, love: annual address delivered at Clafin University, Orangeburg, S.C. Charleston, S.C.: Kahrs and Welch, Printers, 1892. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/91898207/>.