![]() ![]() ![]() In 1788, Haynes accepted a call to pastor the West Parish Church of Rutland, Vermont (now West Rutland's United Church of Christ), where he remained for the next 30 years. Ordained in the Congregational church in 1785, Haynes pastored a church in Torrington, Connecticut for three years. In addition to arguing against involuntary servitude and preaching against the slave trade, Haynes also advocated against the colonization movement, arguing that people of African descent living in the United States should be entitled to the same rights as other citizens, and that having them resettle in Africa would not be beneficial. Haynes also became an anti-slavery activist. He served in the militia during the American Revolution, including garrison duty at the recently captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1776. ![]() A regular churchgoer, he began to preach as a boy. ![]() He spent much of his childhood as an indentured servant in the house of a Granville, Massachusetts farmer. Haynes was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and was the son of an African American man and a white woman. A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister. Lemuel Haynes (J– September 28, 1833) was an American clergyman. The first credentialed African-American clergyman in the United States Lee-Oatman Cemetery, South Granville, New York, U.S. ![]()
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