Peter Williams, Jr.
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Gender | Male |
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Born | New Brunswick |
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United States | |
Died | New York |
New York | |
United States | |
Education | African Free School |
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ID | 3753981 |
Peter Williams, Jr. Life story
Peter Williams Jr. was an African-American Episcopal priest, the second ordained in the United States and the first to serve in New York City. He was an abolitionist who also supported free black emigration to Haiti, the black republic that had achieved independence in 1804 in the Caribbean.