Today in Denver, Colorado Territory the Zion Baptist Church is founded by “an intrepid group of black pioneers,” most of whom had migrated to the area in recent years or months from the South. Having little education and by and large, they determined to establish a church as part of an effort to improve their…
A ship chartered by the American Colonization Society sails out of Baltimore with 172 freedmen from the Lynchburg, Virginia area, many who are of “the Baptist persuasion, one of the latter being a preacher.” A number of skilled persons are among those who embark. The destination is Carysburg, in the interior of Liberia. The leaders…
Throughout the South many black Baptist churches are now hosting schools for freedmen, both children and adults. White Southerners for generations prevented slaves from obtaining education via state and local laws. Many insisted that blacks were simply unable to learn. Now, against the wishes of many whites who believe that blacks should remain in servitude,…