Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Absalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָׁלוֹם‎ ʾAḇšālōm, "father of peace") was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur....

Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil...

nearly 50 and supporting himself with a variety of odd jobs. Allen and Absalom Jones, also a Methodist preacher, resented the white congregants' leaders'...

descendants" in Philadelphia. The Society was founded by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. It was the first Black religious institution in the city and led to...

Absalom (Hebrew: אַבְשָלוֹם, Modern: ʼAvšalōm, Tiberian: ʼAḇšālōm, "father of peace"; Biblical Greek: Αβεσσαλωμ) is a masculine first name from the Old...

ISBN 978-0-664-22864-4. "Absalom Jones and the Insufficiently Progressive | Notes and News". St. Bart's. Retrieved 2022-09-03. "The Story of The Rev. Absalom Jones". Union...

Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta operates the Absalom Jones Episcopal Student Center and Chapel, the Absalom Jones Student Center also houses the Lutheran Campus...

Philadelphia, in which fellow preacher and a former slave from Delaware, Absalom Jones, was grabbed by a white church trustee in the midst of prayer and forcefully...

Methodist Episcopal Church was not founded until 1784. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones became the first African Americans ordained by the Methodist Church...

Allen[citation needed] First African Episcopal Church established: Absalom Jones founded African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[citation...

conditions of black people. Individuals such as Prince Hall, Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, James Forten, Cyrus Bustill and William Gray sought to create organizations...

worked out of the Free African Society (FAS), which Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and other free blacks established in Philadelphia in 1787. They left...

attend the sick to help those known in distress." Richard Allen and Absalom Jones recalled their reaction to the letter in a memoir they published shortly...

Thomas in Philadelphia, founded by Absalom Jones in 1782 as the first black Episcopal congregation. Burr worked with Jones, who was ordained in 1804 as the...

Robert Jones, who in the late 18th century founded the city's Lombard Street Central Presbyterian Church. He was also related to Absalom Jones, who established...

because of discrimination and segregation by class. They were led by Absalom Jones, a free black and lay Methodist preacher. As his congregation became...

1791 by members of the Free African Society of Philadelphia, including Absalom Jones, out of a desire to create a space for autonomous African-American worship...

was later expanded in three subsequent versions. Local black leaders Absalom Jones and Richard Allen thought that Carey's account did not give sufficient...

Society was established in 1787 by two African American former slaves, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen. These two men were Methodist converts from evangelical...

also operated the Absalom Jones Theological Institute in cooperation with the Episcopal Church. This institute was named for Absalom Jones of Philadelphia...

Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States; Absalom Jones, and James Gloucester to organize a meeting on this topic in Philadelphia...

He also ordained two African-Americans as deacons and then priests, Absalom Jones of Philadelphia (in 1795 and 1804, respectively), and William Levington...

of Alexander Pushkin. See The Slave in European Art for portraits. Absalom Jones (1746–1818), formerly-enslaved man who purchased his freedom, abolitionist...

Harper, abolitionist, suffragette, poet, author Jarena Lee, preacher Absalom Jones, minister, abolitionist, and founder of Free African Society John McKee...

Methodist Episcopal Church was not founded until 1784. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones became the first African Americans licensed by the Methodist Church...

founded in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a mutual aid society by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen. That organization later resulted in the founding...

1947 10 Scholastica, Monastic, 543 11 Theodora, Empress, c.867 13 Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818 14 Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries, 869, 885 15 Thomas...

patent Anthony Johnson (colonist): former slave who became a slave owner Absalom Jones: first ordained black Episcopal priest; saint John Berry Meachum: Baptist...

All Saints' Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas, depicted standing with Absalom Jones, a former slave who was the first African-American to be ordained as...