Daniel Alexander Payne
(1811-1893)
Born a free African-American. He taught the Colored people at this college, 1837, while a student at the Lutheran Seminary. A historian, he was elected bishop of the A.M.E. Church, 1852, and was president of Wilberforce University, 1863-76.
Marker is on North Washington Street 0.1 miles south of West Stevens Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
