The First African Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia (now Alfred Street Baptist Church), established in 1818, is the oldest African American congregation in the city. It has long been a mission of the (white) First Baptist Church. Two years prior to the present, the church’s first “‘bona fida’ Negro minister/pastor” assumed the pulpit. Then came…
Virginia voters (all men, and many of whom are Baptist) today ratify the Ordinance of Secession adopted by the Virginia Convention on April 17. Voters also amend the state constitution to remove a ceiling on the value of enslaved blacks for taxation purposes. Yet the state is divided on secession, as voters in the western…
The New London Daily Chronicle (Connecticut) this week announces the arrival of Richard Fuller, Southern Baptist Convention president, in New York City following the SBC meeting in Savannah. Rev. Dr. Fuller of Baltimore has arrived from Savannah, where he uttered treasonable sentiments at a meeting of the State Baptist Convention. Government is watching him. Meanwhile,…