John Patterson Sampson

John Patterson Sampson, D. D. (August 13, 1837 – 1928) also known as "J. P. Sampson", was an American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, writer, lawyer, judge, and minister.

Biography John Patterson Sampson was born free on August 13, 1837 (or 1838), in Wilmington, North Carolina, to parents James Drawhorn Sampson and Fanny (Kellogg) Sampson. His grandparents were Drawhorn and Susan Sampson and Manerva (Green) Kellogg. after which he taught in New York, and soon launched a newspaper, The Colored Citizen, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Colored Citizen was oriented toward black soldiers in the American Civil War, and enjoyed strong Christian support.

In 1867, Sampson was nominated by the Republicans to run for the United States Congress but after several unsuccessful bids, he stopped trying. followed by a D.D. degree from Wilberforce University in 1888.

He published the book Mixed Races: Their Environment, Temperament, Heredity, and Phrenology in 1881.

Patterson died in 1928.

Papers of John Patterson Sampson are housed in the Schomburg Center, General Research Collection, of the New York Public Library.