[1] Unlike Leverett, Amos followed a path of study, enrolling in the Oneida Institute, and was destined to enter the ministry.

In addition to serving as pastor of an African-American church in Connecticut, Jehiel Beman was heavily involved in several social activist movements.

[3] In about 1835, Beman married Eunice Jeffrey, with whom he had three daughters and two sons: Mary, Amos, Fannie, Charles, and Emma.

In 1858, Beman married Eliza Kennedy Howell, a white woman — a decision that drastically undermined his standing at the Temple Street Church.

Francis Lewis Cardozo, who was the pastor of Temple Street Congregational Church and would go on to become South Carolina's Secretary of State.

[3] In 1841, Beman fulfilled his childhood dream and became pastor of the Temple Street African Church in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yet, despite these tribulations, Beman's church grew considerably during his time as pastor, adding well over a hundred members to the congregation.

[3] As pastor of the Temple Street African Church, Beman was a Temperance lecturer, anti-slavery supporter, member of the underground railroad, and an advocate for negro suffrage in Connecticut.

[3] Beman was also the President of the 1855 Colored National Convention in Philadelphia, held to discuss slavery, suffrage, and moral reform.