Richard Preston, (c. 1791 – 16 July 1861), was a religious leader and abolitionist. He escaped slavery in Virginia to become an important leader for the African Nova Scotian community and in the international struggle against slavery.

Preston established a racially integrated Abolition Society (to promote abolition of slavery in the United States) at Halifax about 1846. He played a major role in establishing the African United Baptist Association, his crowning achievement, in 1854.

Feb 7, 2022 · One name the public suggested for the renaming of Cornwallis Street in Halifax is Richard Preston, who was the founder and first reverend of the newly named New Horizons Baptist Church, located on Cornwallis Street.

Sep 26, 2024 · Richard Preston, (c. 1791 16 July 1861), was a religious leader and abolitionist. He escaped slavery in Virginia to become an important leader for the African Nova Scotian community and in the international struggle against slavery. He established the African Chapel, the African Abolition Society.

Richard Preston was one of those men whose great accomplishments were accompanied by obvious shortcomings. Through his efforts the African Chapel was established, the first meetings of the African Abolition Society were organized, and the African Baptist Association was born.

Richard Preston, (c. 1791 – 16 July 1861), was born a slave in Virginia. He escaped slavery in Virginia and, in 1816 went in search of his mother in Nova Scotia . Preston became one of the most important church and community leaders in Nova Scotia.

Richard Preston, (c. 1791 – 16 July 1861), was a religious leader and abolitionist. He escaped slavery in Virginia to become an important leader for the African Nova Scotian community and in the international struggle against slavery.

RICHARD PRESTON (1790-1861): Founded the African United Baptist Association. Reverend Richard Preston was one of the most important church and community leaders in Nova Scotia. Preston escaped slavery and came to Canada in search of his mother in 1816.

One of the most important church and community leaders in Nova Scotia. The Reverend Richard Preston came from Virginia tobacco slavery. He fled to Nova Scotia in 1816 (where he was miraculously reunited with his mother on the very day of his arrival).

He was a Black Canadian religious leader and abolitionist. Richard Preston is believed to have been born into slavery in Virginia but gained an education and saved enough to buy his freedom in 1816. He went to Nova Scotia in search of his mother, who had escaped slavery in …