William Henry Brisbane (October 12, 1806 Beaufort County, South Carolina – April 5, 1878 Arena, Wisconsin) was a Baptist minister of the southern United States who, having convinced himself of the immorality of slavery, freed and settled a group of slaves he had inherited, and became an active abolitionist.[1]

In 1855 he moved to Wisconsin,[5] was chief clerk of the state senate in 1857, and became pastor of the Baptist church in Madison. He was able to return to South Carolina (temporarily) as an officer of the victorious Yankees in 1864 as a tax commissioner.[5] In June 1874, he took an active part in the reunion of the old abolition guards in Chicago.[5]

He died at his home in Arena, Wisconsin.[5]