Question: Thomas James (1804–1891) was a former slave who became an African Methodist Episcopal Zion minister, abolitionist, administrator and author, and served with which Protestant-based abolitionist group founded on September 3, 1846 in Albany, New York?
Sentence (from "Thomas James (minister)"): He was active in New York and Massachusetts with abolitionists, and served with the American Missionary Association and the Union Army during the American Civil War to supervise the contraband camp in Louisville, Kentucky.
Relevant evidence: Yes