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American clergyman and activist

Lemuel Haynes
Frontispiece of 's Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A.M.
Born	()July 18, West Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British America
Died	September 28, () (aged&#;80) South Granville, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Lee-Oatman Cemetery, South Granville, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Congregational minister
Years&#;active
Known&#;for	The first credentialed African-American clergyman in the United States

Lemuel Haynes (July 18, – September 28, ) was an American clergyman.

A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister.

Haynes was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and was the son of an African American man and a white woman.

He spent much of his childhood as an indentured servant in the house of a Granville, Massachusetts, farmer. A regular churchgoer, he bega