Jabez Pitt Campbell joined the ancestors (Feb 5, 1815 - Aug 9, 1891). Minister, activist, philanthropist, eighth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black church in the U.S.
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"Jabez Pitt Campbell, AME Bishop and Activist." Historianspeaks, August 12, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/jabez-pitt-campbell-ame-bishop-and-activist.
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