The Cushite :

or, the children of Ham, (the Negro race) as seen by the ancient historians and poets : a paper

by Perry, Rufus L. (Rufus Lewis), 1833 or 4-1895

He was born a slave, the son of Lewis Perry, in Smith County, Tennessee. When he was 7 years old, his father escaped to Canada. He too escaped and later entered Kalamazoo University, where he was graduated in 1861. He was ordained the same year as pastor of the Second Baptist Chirch in Ann Arbor. In later years he served as a school superintendent, as well as editor of several newspapers. He died June 19, 1895.