Rev. Thomas L. Johnson, a former slave, begins his biography “Twenty Eight Years a Slave” with the words: “According to information I received from my mother, I was born August 7th, 1836, at a place called Rock-Rayman, in the State of Virginia; but I do not know the place, as I was REMOVED when a…
According to some sources, a new Alabama Baptist newspaper is established today with the first publication of the bi-weekly Christian Herald at Moulton. Josephus Shackelford (1830-1915) is the editor. From the 1850s to the present Shackleford pastored a number of churches in the Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama region, while also teaching at various small Baptist…
Today, Timothy Gilbert (1797-1865), a Baptist and long-time abolitionist, passes away. Having lived long enough to witness the emancipation of black Americans, he can rest in peace. Born in Massachusetts, Gilbert went into the piano manufacturing business in Boston, obtaining a number of piano-related patents along the way. Gilbert attended several Baptist churches in the…