Samuel Ringgold Ward

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Samuel Ringgold Ward
Born	October 17, 1817 Eastern Shore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	c. 1866 most likely in Jamaica
Education	African Free School
Occupation(s)	Abolitionist, newspaper editor, journalist, author, labor leader, minister

Samuel Ringgold Ward (October 17, 1817 – c. 1866) was an African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor, labor leader, and Congregational church minister.

He was author of the influential book Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada and England, written after his speeches throughout Britain in 1853. It enabled him to raise funds for the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, where many escaped slaves from the USA were arriving in the 1850s.