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          5. James W. C. Pennington

          American abolitionist and writer (c. –)

          For the modern musician, see James Pennington.

          James William Charles Pennington (c.&#; – October 22, ) was an American historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer.

          Pennington is the first known Black student to attend Yale University.[1] He was ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church, later also serving in Presbyterian churches for congregations in Hartford, Connecticut, and New York.

          After the Civil War, he served congregations in Natchez, Mississippi, Portland, Maine, and Jacksonville, Florida.

          In the Antebellum period, Pennington was an abolitionist, and among the American delegates to the Second World Conference on Slavery in London.[when?] In , he happened to be in Scotland when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the US Congress.

          As it increased the risk for fugitive slaves in the North, Pennington stayed in the British Isles while friends work