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William Knibb

William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)

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Born
September 7, 1803
Died
November 15, 1845
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1803

About William Knibb

William Knibb, OM was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica. He is chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans. In 1988, on the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, Knibb was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit. Together they were following the pioneering work of the African preacher George Lisle, a former slave from Virginia who had arrived in 1782 and founded a Baptist church in Kingston. The Baptists in Jamaica were founded by freed slaves, notably George Lisle, who sought support and finance for schools and chapels from nonconformists abroad, particularly from the English Baptist movement, which William Knibb contributed to.

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William Knibb timeline

  1. Together they were following the pioneering work of the African preacher George Lisle, a former slave from Virginia who had arrived in 1782 and founded a Baptist church in Kingston.
  2. In 1988, on the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, Knibb was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.

The world when William Knibb was born

William Knibb was born in 1803. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineLouisiana Purchase doubles size of the US
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical steam locomotive by Trevithick
  • World population~915M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderThomas Jefferson
  • U.S. population5.9M

1803 versus 2026

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Measure18032026
Population5.9M341 million

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