Absalom Jones

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Absalom Jones was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became the first Black Episcopal priest in the United States and a pioneering leader in early Black religious and civil rights movements.

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Absalom Jones canonical 10
Absalom Jones (reinterred remains) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American religious leader ⓘ
Episcopal priest ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor abolition of slavery ⓘ
rights of free Black people ⓘ
ageWhenFreed about 38 ⓘ
burialPlace St. Thomas’ Church, Philadelphia ⓘ
clergyType parish priest ⓘ
coFounded Free African Society ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1746-11-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1818-02-13 ⓘ
denomination Episcopal Church (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Episcopal Church
ethnicity African American ⓘ
founded African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
early African-American civil rights movement ⓘ
name Absalom Jones ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for abolition of slavery ⓘ
being the first Black Episcopal priest in the United States ⓘ
leadership in early Black religious institutions ⓘ
pioneering work in African-American civil rights ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
priest ⓘ
ordinationAsDeacon 1795 ⓘ
ordinationAsPriest 1804 ⓘ
participatedIn Yellow Fever epidemic relief efforts in Philadelphia in 1793 ⓘ
placeOfActivity Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfBirth Sussex County, Delaware Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
positionHeld first rector of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
signed 1799 petition to U.S. Congress against the slave trade ⓘ
spouse Mary King ⓘ
wasFirst first African-American ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States ⓘ
wasSlave true ⓘ
workedOn organizing independent Black religious institutions ⓘ
workedWith Richard Allen ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christ Church (Philadelphia) → attendedBy → Absalom Jones ⓘ
subject linked to: Christ Church
Eden Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Absalom Jones (reinterred remains) ⓘ
linked to: Absalom Jones
Richard Allen → coFounderWith → Absalom Jones ⓘ
Absalom Jones → name → Absalom Jones ⓘ
Free African Society → foundedBy → Absalom Jones ⓘ
Free African Society → hasNotableMember → Absalom Jones ⓘ
Mary King → spouse → Absalom Jones ⓘ