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This is a 6 page paper discussing Robert Meacham and his influence during the Reconstruction era in Florida in the 19th century. Robert Meacham (1835-1902) was a Reverend and Senator during the Reconstruction Era in Florida in the 19th century. As a Reverend, Meacham organized the first African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Florida in Tallahassee in 1865. The AME Church valued not only Christian education and opportunity but also education and opportunity for all which was reflected in its activities. In addition to providing educational programs within the church, Meacham was involved with the registration of black voters in the state and by the time he became Senator, there were more black voters registered than white and a great many African American representatives in state government. Through his Republican Party alliances, Meacham and his colleagues were able to legislate notable progress in the areas of civil rights and education for African Americans and poor whites.
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first African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Florida in Tallahassee in 1865. The AME Church valued not only Christian education and opportunity but also education and opportunity for all which
was reflected in its activities. In addition to providing educational programs within the church, Meacham was involved with the registration of black voters in the state and by the time
he became Senator, there were more black voters registered than white and a great many African American representatives in state government. Through his Republican Party alliances, Meacham and his colleagues
were able to legislate notable progress in the areas of civil rights and education for African Americans and poor whites. The African
Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Florida played an integral role in the political, cultural and religious lives of African Americans in Florida in the 19th century. Through the church, not
only religious leaders emerged but also those such as Charles H. Pearce and Robert Meacham who became "powerhouses" in the state and local affairs as well as the church and
were responsible for fighting and eventually obtaining black representation in the state of Florida that reflected the large black population (Rivers and Brown, 2001). In addition to the recognition of
blacks, who were primarily former slaves, Meacham and other representatives from the AME Church fought the governmental process to promote not only opportunities for blacks in regards to education and
employment but also for the promotion of these same institutions available for poor whites (Rivers and Brown, 2001). The formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tallahassee Florida
in 1865, later renamed the Bethel AME Church, began by Robert Meacham and his supporters in much the same way the original AME Church and the Free African Society had
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