Lucius Henry Holsey
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Name
Lucius Henry Holsey
Given Name
Lucius
Family Name
Holsey
Birth Date
1842
Death Date
1920
Sex
Occupation
Description
Lucius Henry Holsey grew up enslaved by his father and later by Professor Richard Malcolm Johnston. Holsey became the bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. He wrote about his experiences in Athens, Georgia in his autobiography "Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays."
