Peter Williams, Jr.

Peter Williams, Jr. was an AfricanAmerican Episcopal priest, the second ordained in the United States, and an abolitionist in New York City. He supported free black emigration to Haiti, the black republic that had achieved independence in 1804. Later in life he strongly opposed the American Colonization Societys efforts to relocate free blacks to a colony in Africa.

Peter Williams, Jr. was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Peter Williams, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife, an indentured servant from St. Kitts. After his family moved to New York City, Williams attended the African Free School, founded by the New York Manumission Society. He was also taught privately by Rev. Thomas Lyell, a prominent Episcopal priest.

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