Methodist Clergyman
In 1802, Francis Asbury ordained Daniel Coker to be a deacon in the Methodist Episcopal church. He actively opposed slavery. In 1810, he published Dialogue between a Virginian and an African minister.. Participated in organizing the national African Methodist Episcopal Church at meeting in Philadelphia in 1816 on behalf of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore, (founded 1787/1797)
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