Absalom Jones
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1746 – 1818
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Who was Absalom Jones?
Absalom Jones was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman. After founding a black congregation in 1794, he was the first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, in 1804. He is listed on the Episcopal calendar of saints and blessed under the date of his death, February 13, in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as "Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818".
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- Born
- Nov 6, 1746
Sussex County - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 13, 1818
Philadelphia
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on July 23, 2013
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