Absalom Jones (S-81) - Milford, DE
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N 38° 54.852 W 075° 24.233
18S E 464984 N 4307332
Installed in 2022.
Waymark Code: WM167XJ
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2022
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Born near this place on a plantation known as “Cedar Town”, Jones moved to Philadelphia in 1762 and in 1784 purchased his freedom. He helped to establish the Free African Society in 1787. A leader of the independent African-American church movement, in 1792 he organized St. Thomas’ African Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) and in 1804 became the first African-American to be ordained an Episcopal Priest. He fervently opposed slavery and other forms of social injustice.
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