James W. C. Pennington — Biographical and Critical Sources
Close, Stacey (2014). “Rev. James W. C. Pennington: A National and Local Voice for Freedom” in Normen, Elizabeth J.; Harris, Katherine J.; Close, Stacey K.; Mitchell, Wm. Frank; White, Olivia (eds.), African American Connecticut Explored. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Stievermann, Jan; Smith, Caitlin B.; Glaude, Eddie S (eds.), James W.C. Pennington: Essays Toward Rediscovering a Great African American Intellectual and Reformer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025
Thomas, Herman E. James W.C. Pennington: African American Churchman and Abolitionist. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 1995
Webber, Christopher L. American to the Backbone: The Life of James W. C. Pennington, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists. New York: Pegasus Books, 2011
Works
Stievermann, Jan; Smith, Caitlin B.; Glaude, Eddie S (eds.), The Fugitive Blacksmith and Other Essential Writings by James W. C. Pennington. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025
Links to Pennington’s reproduced writings are at https://www.logcollegepress.com/james-william-charles-pennington-18071870. Along with The Fugitive Blacksmith and many others, these include:
An Address Delivered at Newark, N.J. at the First Anniversary of West India Emancipation (1839).
Introduction to Ann Plato’s Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Poetry (1841).
A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People (1841)
God No Respecter of Persons (1842).
Speech Regarding the Intent of the African Colonization Society (1849)
Letter to Stowe in Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
The Position and Duties of the Colored People (1864).