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Born a slave in Wilmington, NC, Rev. Thomas H. Jones is known for his ardent support of the anti-slavery movement of antebellum America. Jones escaped slavery, traveled to Canada and subsequently relocated to Worcester, MA. Following years of working as an itinerant preacher and lecturer, Jones began a prominent figure within the Colored Convention Movement. He served as a delegate to the 1859 New England Colored Convention. His narrative, The Experience of Thomas Jones, captures his early life as an enslaved person and his subsequent escape to slavery.

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