John Cooper.

About John Cooper

John Cooper was a political leader of the American Revolution in New Jersey. He was likely the main author of the New Jersey Constitution of 1776, and served as one of the first judges of Gloucester County. An outspoken abolitionist, Cooper called for New Jersey to end slavery immediately, and argued against a more gradual approach to emancipation. A Quaker who was disowned by the Society of Friends for his political actions during the revolution, he was likely buried in the Quaker cemetery in Woodbury, New Jersey, in an unmarked grave. He was the estranged younger brother of Quaker abolitionist David Cooper.