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Absalom Jones
The rector of St. Thomas's, the African Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, who preached A Thanksgiving Sermon there on 1 January 1808, the day the Congress of the United States abolished the African slave trade.
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- Lived 1746 to 1818, American.
- Quoted here most in 1 Corinthians: 1 of 1.
Absalom Jones
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- 1746 to 1818
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- American
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“Let us, further, implore the influence of his divine and holy Spirit, to dispose the hearts of our legislatures to pass laws, to ameliorate the condition of our brethren who are still in bondage; also, to dispose their masters to treat them with kindness and…”
A Thanksgiving Sermon, preached January 1, 1808, pages 16 to 17, 1808
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humanity; and, above all things, to favour them with the means of acquiring such parts of human knowledge, as will enable them to read the holy scriptures, and understand the doctrines of the Christian religion, whereby they may become, even while they are the slaves of men, the freemen of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave. BSB
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The rector of St. Thomas's, the African Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, who preached A Thanksgiving Sermon there on 1 January 1808, the day the Congress of the United States abolished the African slave trade.
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