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Black History Month: Absalom Jones
by the rev. shug goodlow, deacon Absalom Jones (11/7/1746 – 2/13/1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a...