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Sep 27, 1832 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Died on 11 Aug 1876 (aged 43)
American abolitionist and pastor
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About J. Sella Martin
- John Sella Martin (September 27, 1832 - August 11, 1876) was a noted abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts and a pastor, who had escaped from slavery in Alabama.
- He was a leading African-American preacher and activist for equality before the American Civil War, traveling to England to lecture against slavery.
- When he returned, he preached in Presbyterian churches in Washington, DC. After the American Civil War, Martin returned to the South, working during the Reconstruction era in education in Alabama and Mississippi.
- He became a politician in Louisiana and in 1872 was elected to the state legislature from Caddo Parish.
- In that year, the gubernatorial election was fiercely disputed, and the state legislature was ultimately taken over by the Democrats, en route to regaining control of the state government.
- Martin had an appointed position with the US Post Office and also wrote for the Louisianian newspaper.
