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1840 -lrb- aged 54 -rrb- new brunswick , new jersey american 1786 williams peter.jpg peter williams , jr. .
 peter williams , jr. priest african free school
peter williams , jr. .

peter williams , jr. -lrb- 1786 -- 1840 -rrb- was an african-american 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 society 's efforts to relocate free blacks to a colony in africa .
in 1808 he organized st. philip 's african church in lower manhattan , the second black episcopal church in the united states .
in 1827 he was a co-founder of `` freedom 's journal , '' the first african-american owned and operated newspaper in the united states .
in 1833 he founded the phoenix society , a mutual aid society for african americans ; that year he was also elected to the executive board of the interracial american anti-slavery society .
