# Daniel Coker

> Daniel Coker (1780-1846), born Isaac Wright, was an African American of mixed race from Baltimore, Maryland. Born a slave, after he gained his freedom, he became a Methodist minister in 1802. He wrote one of the few pamphlets published in the South that protested against slavery and supported abolition. In 1816, he helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States, at its first national convention in Philadelphia.

*American bishop and missionary*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/daniel-coker

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1780
- **Died:** 1846
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Daniel Coker (1780-1846), born Isaac Wright, was an African American of mixed race from Baltimore, Maryland. Born a slave, after he gained his freedom, he became a Methodist minister in 1802. He wrote one of the few pamphlets published in the South that protested against slavery and supported abolition. In 1816, he helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States, at its first national convention in Philadelphia.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.8 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 56.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Daniel Coker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Coker)
- [Daniel Coker](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Coker)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216827)

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