Jea, John

(b. c. 1773; d. after 1817), slave, freedman, mariner, preacher, and author of a dictated autobiography.
Jea, John

(b. c. 1773; d. after 1817), slave, freedman, mariner, preacher, and author of a dictated autobiography.
- John Saillant
A version of this article originally appeared in The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895.