In Alabama colored Baptists are exercising their freedom to organize and attain education. Of these months following the war, one observer noted: “Of course there was no association, no convention, no graded school of learning. The colored people of Mobile enjoyed superior advantages over those of other sections of the State and hence many of…
Many Baptists were Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison Camp in southwest Georgia, some of whom died in captivity due to the harsh conditions of the open-air prison. Among the Baptist survivors is Alfred D. Bennet of Huntingdon, Tennessee, one of many from west Tennessee who served in the Union Army. Bennet is scarred…
The inaugural meeting of the State Convention of Colored Baptists in Kentucky continues this day in the Fifth Street Baptist Church of Louisville. Some 5,000 persons are present, representative of a dozen congregations in the state. The first officers of the convention are: Rev. H. Adams, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church, Louisville as President;…