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Absalom Jones 1746-1818

Sussex County · dedicated 1990 · South Side of Route 36, approximately 1/8 mile west of the intersection of Route 36 and Route 1, Milford, DE, Milford

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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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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