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   James William Charles Pennington (c. 1807 – October 22, 1870) was an American historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer. Pennington is the first known Black student to attend Yale University. [1]

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3. connecticuthistory.org › reverend-james-penningtonReverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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   Feb 4, 2021 · In 1827 James Pembroke, an enslaved man of African descent who would eventually take the name James William Charles (WC) Pennington, managed to escape from bondage in Maryland to freedom in the North. According to his narrative, he experienced an early childhood of parental separation.

4. history.pcusa.org › blog › 2017James W.C. Pennington: Fugitive Slave to Evangelical ...

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   Feb 9, 2017 · The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, on top of earlier harsh state laws, caused Pennington to fear returning home to New York. He no longer felt his safety could be guaranteed and was determined finally to settle his personal status as a “fugitive.”.

5. coloredconventions.org › james-w-c-penningtonJAMES W. C. PENNINGTON - The Fight for Black Mobility ...

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   James William Charles Pennington was a well-regarded reverend and abolitionist. His youth was marked by slavery’s brutality and perseverance to rise above it. Rev. Pennington was born a slave and died a freed man.

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   Mar 8, 2007 · Born into slavery on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1807, James William Charles Pennington escaped from slavery in 1828 and settled for a time in Long Island, where he studied in night school. Devoted to black education, he became an antislavery preacher, teacher, activist, and writer.

7. aaregistry.org › story › james-pennington-from-slaveJames Pennington, Author, and Abolitionist born - African ...

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   He was a Black educator, clergyman, orator, author, and abolitionist. James William Charles Pennington was born a slave on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and he, his mother, and brothers were sold when he was four. He ran away from a harsh slave life to a Quaker family in Pennsylvania.

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   Who was James Pennington?

   • Born into slavery on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1807, James William Charles Pennington escaped from slavery in 1828 and settled for a time in Long Island, where he studied in night school. Devoted to black education, he became an antislavery preacher, teacher, activist, and writer.

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   How did James Pennington escape from slavery?

   • James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870) was born in slavery in Maryland and although he was trained as a carpenter and blacksmith he was not taught to read or write. At the age of nineteen he escaped from slavery in an eight-day ordeal during which he was twice captured and twice escaped.

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   What did William Pennington do for a living?

   • Devoted to black education, he became an antislavery preacher, teacher, activist, and writer. Pennington attended classes at Yale College in New Haven, although Yale forbade him to officially enroll or to use its library. In 1838 he officiated at the wedding of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray.

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   When did John Pennington die?

   • Rev. Pennington died in 1870 while living in Jacksonville, Florida, after decades of fierce activism that extended beyond sermons and speeches. Submitted by Patrick Sears, University of Delaware. Edited and Revised by Samantha de Vera, University of Delaware.

   JAMES W. C. PENNINGTON - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to …

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9. www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.orgJames W.C. Pennington - NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND ...

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   James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870) was born in slavery in Maryland and although he was trained as a carpenter and blacksmith he was not taught to read or write. At the age of nineteen he escaped from slavery in an eight-day ordeal during which he was twice captured and twice escaped.