James Phillippo (1798[1] in Norfolk, England – 11 May 1879, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) was an English Baptist missionary in Jamaica who campaigned for the abolition of slavery.[2] He served in Jamaica from 1823 to his death, with some periods lobbying in England for funds to support his work on the island. He led the founding of several Free Villages, having gained funds to grant freedmen and their families plots of land for farming in villages independent of planter control. He also wrote and published three books about Jamaica.
- ^ Underhill, Edward Bean (1881). Life of James Mursell Phillippo: Missionary in Jamaica. Yates & Alexander. p. 1.
- ^ "Tour 3-Historic Spanish Town". discoverjamaica.com. Retrieved 19 September 2010.