[AFRICAN AMERICANA - RELIGION]. Cabinet card of Reverend John Henry Hector, "The Black Night," and handbill promoting a lecture Hector delivered at the Albion Court House, New York, August 1902.

Cabinet card portrait of Reverend John Henry Hector, known on the national lecture circuit as "The Black Knight." York, PA: Shadle & Busser, ca 1895. Photographers' blindstamp in lower margin of mount recto. -- "'The Black Knight' will speak at Court House, Albion, Sunday August 10, 1902, at 4 P.M., Silver Collection." 5 x 3 in. printed handbill featuring a halftone portrait of Reverend Hector, with details about a lecture that he would be presenting at the court house in Albion, NY.

Born in Canada, John Henry Hector (1845-1914) emigrated to the United States as a teenager, served for two years in the Civil War with the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, worked as an engineer for the railroad, and became an A.M.E. minister. By 1889, Hector was a noteworthy advocate for temperance, touring America and giving lectures about the negative effects of alcohol and recounting his experiences during the war. He also toured in England in 1896, ultimately earning the nickname, "the Black Knight of the Temperance Movement." Hector settled in York, PA by 1894, where he remained until his death in 1914.

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Cabinet card: light edge wear to mount, light soiling on verso.

Printed card: light horizontal crease through center, otherwise very good.

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - RELIGION]. Cabinet card of Reverend John Henry Hector, "The Black Night," and handbill promoting a lecture Hector delivered at the Albion Court House, New York, August 1902.

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