John Marrant

John Marrant (June 15, 1755 - April 15, 1791) was a free-born Black preacher, and was the first African American to evangelize successfully among American Indians.^[1]

Marrant was born in New York City and was a practicing Methodist.^[2] He converted to Methodism as a teenager after hearing the preaching of George Whitefield.^[3]

1. ↑ God: Missing in Action from American History
2. ↑ John Marrant and the narrative construction of an early black methodist evangelical
3. ↑ John Marrant, America's first black preacher

• A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New York, Autobiography
• A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant: A Black, Now going to Preach the GOSPEL in Nova-Scotia, Born in New York, in North America, Taken Down from His Own Relation, Arranged, Corrected, and Published by the Rev. Mr. Aldridge