[1] In 1833 he became a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, an interracial group that included Samuel Cornish, a Black Presbyterian, and many Congregationalists, and served on its executive committee until 1840.

He was an influential person who was passionate about the development of youth, first-rate education, spreading the gospel, and abolishing slavery.

That year he left with other moderate members, including Arthur and Lewis Tappan, and helped found the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.

[5] For years Wright acted as a conductor for the Underground Railroad in New York City and used his house at 235 W. Broadway as a station.

At that year's National Negro Convention in Buffalo, he supported Henry Highland Garnet's call for a slave uprising.

The only book-length work on Wright is the 2005 Princeton Theological Seminary master's thesis by Daniel Paul Morrison.

[7] Morrison's work was cited in James H. Moorhead's 2012 Princeton Theological Seminary in American Religion and Culture.