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Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Learn about the life and legacy of Absalom Jones, who was born into slavery, became a lay minister, and founded the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in 1792. He was ordained a priest in 1802 and advocated for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade.
Dec 16, 2007 · Jones became the first ordained priest of African descent in the United States. Despite the split in The African Church, Jones and Allen continued to work together. They were among the founders of the African Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia in 1798.
Jan 30, 2018 · Absalom Jones was born enslaved to Abraham Wynkoop a wealthy Anglican planter in 1746 in Delaware. He was working in the fields when Abraham recognized that he was an intelligent child and ordered that he be trained to work in the house.
The transformation of Absalom Jones from slave into one of the founders of the black Episcopal church in America and a leading figure among Philadelphia's African-American community shows the great strides made by blacks during this eventful period of early American history.
Absalom Jones was the first black Protestant Episcopal priest in the United States. He was principal founder of St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, the first black Episcopal church in America.
REVISED ABSALOM JONES BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION By Arthur K. Sudler, William Carl Bolivar Director, Historical Society & Archives, African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas. Arthur Sudler’s biography of Absalom Jones is now the “official” biography in Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018. Absalom Jones was born enslaved to Abraham Wynkoop
