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FIRST-PERSON: In search of America’s first Black Baptist congregation

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Title

FIRST-PERSON: In search of America’s first Black Baptist congregation

Subject

Was this the first black church in America, and what happened to it?

Source

By Sid Smith, posted April 3, 2001 .
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-in-search-of-americas-firstblack-baptist-congregation/

Contributor

Photo of Plantation and marker: by a white family member and descendant of Byrd
https://krazykingdom.blogspot.com/2015/01/william-byrd-plantation-with-opa-oma.html

Photos of church and church members today:

Citation

“FIRST-PERSON: In search of America’s first Black Baptist congregation”, The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-Spiritual Leadership, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed December 27, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/bipoc-trans-spiritual/item/2333.