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Absalom Jones, the Glossary

Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1]

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African-American upper class
Burials at Lebanon Cemetery
Literate American slaves

Abolitionism in the United States

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas

The African Episcopal Church of St.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Benezet's School

Benezet's School, also known as the African Free School and the Raspberry Street School, was a Philadelphia school for African Americans.

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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Absalom Jones and Benjamin Rush are 1746 births and people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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Black church

The black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.

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Bleeding

Bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage or blood loss is blood escaping from the circulatory system from damaged blood vessels.

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Book of Common Prayer (1979)

The 1979 Book of Common Prayer is the official primary liturgical book of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Christ Church, Philadelphia

Christ Church is an Episcopal church in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Delaware Colony

The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three "Lower Counties on the Delaware", was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America.

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Donna Brazile

Donna Lease Brazile (born December 15, 1959) is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

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Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)

Eden Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere.

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Evangelism

In Christianity, evangelism or witnessing is the act of preaching the gospel with the intention of sharing the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Four Hundred Souls

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a 2021 anthology of essays, commentaries, personal reflections, short stories, and poetry, compiled and edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain.

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Francis Asbury

Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was a British-American Methodist minister who became one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.

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Free African Society

The Free African Society (FAS), founded in 1787, was a benevolent organization that held religious services and provided mutual aid for "free Africans and their descendants" in Philadelphia.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3), which was later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment, and to also give effect to the Extradition Clause (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 2).

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George Thatcher

George Thatcher (sometimes spelled Thacher; April 12, 1754 – April 6, 1824) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from the Maine district of Massachusetts.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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History of slavery

The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day.

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Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram Xolani Kendi (born Ibram Henry Rogers; August 13, 1982) is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S. He is author of books including Stamped from the Beginning, How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby.

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Jacob Duché

The Reverend Jacob Duché (1737–1798) was a Rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the first chaplain to the Continental Congress. Absalom Jones and Jacob Duché are American Episcopal priests, Clergy from Philadelphia and people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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John Swanwick

John Swanwick (1760August 1, 1798) was an American merchant, poet and politician.

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Julian Abele

Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881April 23, 1950) was a prominent Black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer.

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Keisha N. Blain

Keisha N. Blain (born 1985) is an American writer and scholar of American and African-American history.

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Lebanon Cemetery

Lebanon Cemetery was an African-American cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1849.

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List of slaves

Slavery is a social-economic system under which people are enslaved: deprived of personal freedom and forced to perform labor or services without compensation.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Mathew Carey

Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Absalom Jones and Mathew Carey are people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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Matthew Clarkson (mayor)

Matthew Clarkson (April 1733 – October 5, 1800) was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Absalom Jones and Matthew Clarkson (mayor) are people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Methodist Episcopal Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939.

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Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic church and congregation which is located at 419 South 6th Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Priest

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Raphaelle Peale

Raphaelle Peale (sometimes spelled Raphael Peale; February 17, 1774 – March 4, 1825) is considered the first professional American painter of still-life.

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Reliquary

A reliquary (also referred to as a shrine, by the French term châsse., and historically also a type of ''phylactery'') is a container for relics.

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Richard Allen (bishop)

Richard Allen (February 14, 1760March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. Absalom Jones and Richard Allen (bishop) are 18th-century American slaves, African Methodist Episcopal Church clergy, African-American abolitionists, Methodist abolitionists, people from colonial Delaware and people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom_Jones

Also known as Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818.

, Second Great Awakening, Slavery in Africa, Slavery in the United States, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia), Sussex County, Delaware, The Calendar of the Church Year, Thomas Coke (bishop), Timeline of African-American firsts, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, University of Pennsylvania, Vestryman, Yellow fever.

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African-American upper class

Burials at Lebanon Cemetery

Literate American slaves

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