Gillfield Baptist Church - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Gillfield Baptist Church - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Gillfield Baptist Church is the second-oldest black Baptist congregation in Petersburg, Virginia and one of the oldest in the nation. It has the oldest handwritten record book of any black church.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 was organized in 1797 as a separate, integrated congregation. In 1818 it built its first church at its current lot on Perry Street. Read more on Wikipedia
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