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title: 'The Published Works of James W.C. Pennington'
type: post
author: 'Caleb Cangelosi'
date: 2018-01-04
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2018-the-published-works-of-james-w-c-pennington
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# The Published Works of James W.C. Pennington

James William Charles Pennington (1807-1870) was an African-American pastor in the Congregational and Presbyterian churches. He escaped from slavery at the age of 19 and became a leading abolitionist. His story is told on the website of the [Presbyterian Historical Society](https://www.history.pcusa.org/blog/2017/02/james-wc-pennington-fugitive-slave-evangelical-abolitionist) and in the 2011 book [](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605981753/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=logcollegepre-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1605981753&linkId=b0d674f155eb8cd13193e8e760389427) *[American to the Backbone: The Life of James W.C. Pennington](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605981753/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=logcollegepre-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1605981753&linkId=b0d674f155eb8cd13193e8e760389427)[, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605981753/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=logcollegepre-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1605981753&linkId=b0d674f155eb8cd13193e8e760389427)* by Christopher L. Webber.

Pennington wrote many articles for magazines and newspapers, and he published two books: *The Fugitive Blacksmith* (1841), and *A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People* (1850)*.* Both can be found on the Log College Press website [here](/authors/james-william-charles-pennington).