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Jabez Pitt Campbell (February 5, 1815 – August 9, 1891)〔Campbell, Jabez Pitt. Ancestry.com.〕 was a minister, activist, philanthropist and the eighth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent African-American church in the United States. ==Early life== Jabez P. Campbell was born free in Slaughter Neck, Sussex County, Delaware on February 5, 1815.〔 Both his grandfathers were soldiers during the Revolutionary War,〔Tanner, Benjamin T. An Apology for African American Methodism: Electronic Edition. 158pg. Ancestry.com. September 25, 2010. Web. May 26, 2013.〕 a rare occurrence, since only about 5,000 African-Americans served in the Continental Army.〔Lanning, Michael Lee. ''African Americans in the Revolutionary War''. New York: Citadel, 2005. 177. Print.〕 His father was Anthony Campbell, a Methodist preacher, and his mother was Catherine Campbell, both of whom were members of the AME church.〔 When Campbell was young, his father used him as collateral for his mortgage. At an early age, his father left him without paying his mortgage, leaving Campbell to be sold as a slave. Campbell heard of the attempt to enslave him and ran away to Philadelphia where his mother lived.〔William, Simmons J. "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising: Electronic Edition." Documenting the American South. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000. 1031pg. Web. February 25, 2013.〕 Despite his attempted escape, Campbell was captured and enslaved for four and a half years. He was meant to serve two more years, but he bought them from his master, and at age eighteen he was free.〔
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