William Thomas Catto (1809-1869)

William Thomas Catto (1809-1869)

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William Thomas Catto attended the Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was here that he was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Charleston in 1847.

William Thomas Catto was a founding member of Philadelphia’s Banneker Institute.

Octavius Valentine Catto (1839-1871) was the son of William Thomas Catto, and a prominent civil rights activist who was assassinated in Philadelphia.

The First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1890. William Thomas Catto served as pastor here from 1854 to 1859.

A Semi-Centenary Discourse - A History of the the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and a Brief Notice of Rev. John Gloucester (1857)

Speech at the Dedication of a Monument to John F. Cook (1859)

Overview of a Brief Speech Denouncing African Colonization (1862)

A Semi-Centenary Discourse - A History of the the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and a Brief Notice of Rev. John Gloucester (1857)

Speech at the Dedication of a Monument to John F. Cook (1859)

Source: University of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionist Archives

Overview of a Brief Speech Denouncing African Colonization (1862)

Source: University of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionist Archives