Abel Payne Caldwell

Abel Payne Caldwell (1865–1917) was an American journalist, editor, and newspaper business manager. He lived in Philadelphia.

Early life and family Abel Payne Caldwell was born on January 1, 1865, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to enslaved parents Mary A. and John Caldwell. When the American Civil War was over months later in 1865, his parents found freedom. In 1869, when he was four years old, the Caldwell family moved to Philadelphia, and he was able to attend school.

Career In 1882 at age seventeen, Caldwell became the business manager at The Monthly Echo newspaper. editor of the Philadelphia Courant newspaper, A profile of Caldwell is included in the books, The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (1891), and Who's Who in Philadelphia: a collection of thirty biographical sketches of Philadelphia colored people (1912).