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…
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,…
Today Kentucky declares its neutrality in the Civil War. Kentucky’s decision is a big blow to the Confederacy, ultimately proving important to Union victory four years down the road. The decision, this same day, of North Carolina’s secession convention to withdraw from the Union – the tenth state to do so – does not mitigate…