John E. Price
American minister (1823–1906)
Rev. John E. Price (February 2, 1823 – February 9, 1906) was an elder and minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion Church). He was a minister for around 50 years. He was the founder and president of the Garnet Equal Rights League at Harrisburg. He wrote hymns and was an editor for the Zion Church Advocate and, with William H. Day, the Zion Church Herald and Outlook, the first paper of the AME Zion Church. Day was a minister, abolitionist, and educator.
Personal life
John Edward Price was born on February 2, 1823. His father, John, and his mother were born in Pennsylvania. At five years of age, he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He worked as a hod carrier for several years with Singleton T. Jones, who became a bishop of the AME Zion Church.
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