Abner Kneeland (April 7, 1774 – August 27, 1844) was an American evangelist and theologian who advocated many views, religious and social, which were considered extremely radical for his day.
Due to his very public stance on these issues, Kneeland became the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy.
Author: Artist unknown Source: New York Historical Society / Sarah Barringer Gordon. Blasphemy and the Law of Religious Liberty in Nineteenth-Century America. American Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Dec., 2000) License: CC-PD-Mark PD-Art (PD-old default) PD-Art (PD-old-70)