The Colored People’s Convention of the State of South Carolina continues in Charleston, held at the Zion Presbyterian Church. Many Baptists are present. Relations with white South Carolinians, who largely resent the fact that their former slaves are now free persons, is a topic of much conversation. Although Union forces are now in control of…
Today leading freedmen of South Carolina gather in Charleston for the first Colored People’s Convention of the State of South Carolina. In the heart of the old Confederacy, they meet in Zion Presbyterian Church. Many Baptists are among those present. The intent of the convention is to begin charting a positive course forward for African…
This month in South Carolina the Gethsemane Baptist Association, a colored association of Baptists, is formed with fourteen charter congregations. Later the organization becomes known as the Charleston County Baptist Association. Among the charter congregations are the Morris Street Baptist Church and the Baptist Church in Charleston (later Calvary Baptist Church), respectively the oldest and…