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John C. Bowers : ウィキペディア英語版 | John C. Bowers
John C. Bowers (February 9, 1811 – October 5, 1873) was an African American entrepreneur, organist and vestryman at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and a founding member of the first Grand United Order of Odd Fellows for African Americans in Pennsylvania.〔 He was active in the anti-slavery movement in Philadelphia, and involved in the founding of several organizations including the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.〔 "A fervent abolitionist and outspoken opponent of colonization, () was much in demand as a public speaker."〔 ==Early life and career== John C. Bowers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John and Henrietta Bowers. His father, John C. Bowers, Sr. (1773–1844), was a secondhand clothing dealer, a vestryman and school trustee at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.〔 The younger Bowers was also a member of St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, where he became the organist.〔 Two of his siblings pursued singing careers. Bowers trained his brother, Thomas Bowers, in the piano and organ;〔 eventually his brother pursued voice training with famed African American concert artist Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, and embarked on a solo career as a concert tenor. Their sister Sarah Sedgwick Bowers studied as a concert soprano and toured professionally in 1856.〔 John C. Bowers trained as a tailor and became the proprietor of a clothing shop at No. 71 South Second Street, Philadelphia. Martin Delany describes him as the owner of a "fashionable merchant tailor shop" together with his brother, Thomas, catering to upper class gentlemen and businessmen in Philadelphia, while Henry M. Minton characterizes him as "the most prominent" of 15 tailors in the city.
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