James Newton Gloucester

The Reverend James Newton Gloucester was an African-American clergyman and businessman who was a supporter of abolitionist John Brown.[1][2] Gloucester lived at 265 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, New York.

Like his father, Gloucester was a Black Presbyterian pastor. In 1849 he founded Siloam Presbyterian Church. He and his church members were very active in the Underground Railroad.

Gloucester was also a friend and associate of John Brown. Two letters he wrote to Brown are still extant.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Quarles, Benjamin (2001) [1974]. Allies for Freedom. De Capo Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780306809613.
  2. ↑ Fox-Genovese; Genovese, Eugene. The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview. Cambridge University Press. p. 639. ISBN 9781139446563.
  3. ↑ James N. Gloucester to John Brown, February 19, 1858 and J. N. Gloucester to John Brown, March 9, 1858. C. Peter Ripley, ed., The Black Abolitionist Papers, volume 4 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991), 377-379