David Bryant Fulton (1863-1941) was an African American journalist and writer who also wrote as Jack Thorne .
His other works include: Hanover; or, The Persecution of the Lowly (1900), Eagle Clippings (1907) and Plea for Social Justice for the Negro Woman (1912)..
In 1892, he published Recollections of a Sleeping Car Porter, in which he used his pen name Jack Thorne for the first time.
He began his writing career as a correspondent to the Wilmington Record, an African American newspaper.
In 1887, he moved to New York, finding employment as a porter with the Pullman Palace Car Company.
He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he attended school.
David Bryant Fulton (1863-1941) was an African American journalist and writer who also wrote as Jack Thorne