This month in Virginia the American Baptist Home Mission society establishes the Richmond Institute, a school devoted to the training of African American preachers and teachers. Twenty-four initially enroll, and the classes are held at night. The following year the name of the school is changed to the National Theological Institute of Richmond, and in…
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…
The California State Convention of the Colored Citizens meets this day in Sacramento. Many Baptists are present. The convention’s president, Frederick G. Barbadoes, opens the day’s proceedings with these words: “For the fourth time the colored citizens of this State are assembled in Convention for the purpose of obtaining JUSTICE, and the consideration of subjects…