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Lemuel Haynes
American clergyman and activist
Lemuel Haynes | |
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Frontispiece of 1837's Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A.M. | |
| Born | (1753-07-18)July 18, 1753 West Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | September 28, 1833(1833-09-28) (aged 80) South Granville, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lee-Oatman Cemetery, South Granville, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Congregational minister |
| Years active | 1780-1833 |
| Known for | The first credentialed African-American clergyman in the United States |
Lemuel Haynes (July 18, 1753 – September 28, 1833) was an American clergyman.
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A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister.
Haynes was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and was the son of an African American man and a white woman.
He spent much of his childhood as an indentured servant in the house of a Gran