---
title: 'The African Preacher'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Spotswood White'
date: 1849-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Ruth 1'
- 'Esther 1'
- 'Nehemiah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/white-1849-the-african-preacher
---

# The African Preacher

Account of “Uncle Jack,” an enslaved African in Virginia who converts, learns to read Scripture, becomes a trusted local preacher and community leader, and is eventually freed.

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