About Stephen Walter Rogers
Lived 1839 – 1872 (aged 32–33). Stephen Walter Rogers was an American preacher, writer and activist.
Stephen Walter Rogers (1839–1872) was an African-American preacher, activist, writer, and editorialist. He was historically influential in Louisiana and Alabama; and was one of the people holding civil disobedience against the anti-education laws of the time. While working as a valet in the area of Mobile, Alabama, Rogers taught fellow slaves to read in a carriage house loft.
He wrote about Abraham Lincoln, and published a book of hymns. Harper's Magazine described him as one of the most prominent pastors in New Orleans in 1866. Rogers was also the editor of The Black Republican, a Black newspaper based in New Orleans originating in 1865.
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African-American preacher, activist, writer, and editorialist
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Stephen Walter Rogers was born in 1839.
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Stephen Walter Rogers died in 1872.
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Stephen Walter Rogers was a preacher, writer and activist.
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Stephen Walter Rogers was American.
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