Lucius Henry Holsey

Name: Lucius Henry Holsey
Given Name: Lucius
Family Name: Holsey
Birth Date: 1842
Death Date: 1920
Sex: Male
Occupation: Domestic Service; Writing and/or Publishing; Religious
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."
Place of Origin: Hancock County, Georgia
Same As: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/lucius-holsey-1842-1920
Bibliographic Citation: Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses and Essays
Enslaver: Richard Malcolm Johnston