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Daniel J. Sanders
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Daniel Jackson Sanders
February 15, 1847 Winnsboro, South Carolina
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| Died | March 6, 1907 (aged 60) Charlotte, North Carolina
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| Occupation | Clergyman, educator |
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Daniel Jackson Sanders (February 15, 1847 – March 6, 1907) was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as president of Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina and published a Presbyterian newspaper for African Americans. He was the first African-American president of a four-year college in the southern U.S.
Biography
Sanders was born a slave in Winnsboro, South Carolina on February 15, 1847.
Sanders attended Brainerd Institute and was a tutor at the school. He then graduated from Western Theological Seminary.
He published the Africo-American Presbyterian and served as president of Biddle University for 17 years.
Upon his death The Charlotte Observer reported that his students had always been "well-behaved".
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