First Baptist Church - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
First Baptist Church - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
First Baptist Church (est. 1774) was the first Baptist church in Petersburg, Virginia;Albert J. Raboteau, Slave Religion: The 'Invisible Institution' in the Antebellum South, Oxford University Press, p. 137, accessed 27 Dec 2008 one of the first African-American Baptist congregations in the United States, and one of the oldest black churches in the nation.Henry Chase, "Proud, free and black: Petersburg - visiting the Virginia location of the largest number of 19th century free slaves", American Visions, Jun-Jul 1994, accessed 27 Dec 2008 It established one of the first local schools for black children in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia
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