The debt was paid by 1778, and the couple bought a house and lot in the southern part of the city, though another seven years passed before Wynkoop allowed Absalom to purchase his own freedom.

click image for close-up The most widely recognized image of the Reverend Absalom Jones, completed sometime prior to the winter of 1810, displays a dignity rarely allowed African subjects in 19th ...

Various Russell family members were part of other Florida newspapers. Absalom’s younger brother Rufus was one of the founders ...