Absalom Jones
Absalom Jones (
1746 -
February 13,
1818), was an
African-American abolitionist and
Methodist. He was born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While still a slave of Mr. Wynkoop, he married Mary King, another slave, in January 4, 1770. He paid for her freedom by 1778, and by 1784, he paid for his own freedom.