Absalom Jones joined the ancestors (Nov 6, 1746 - Feb 13, 1818). Abolitionist, clergyman, who became prominent in Philly, PA. Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church, he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787, a mutual aid society for Blacks in the city. The Free African Society included many people newly freed from enslavement after the American Revolutionary War.
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"Absalom Jones, Abolitionist and Cleryman." Historianspeaks, February 16, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/absalom-jones-abolitionist-and-cleryman.
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