This historical study sheds light on a little-known but important chapter in the history of American religion: the founding of the First Colored Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, in 1788. The book includes biographical sketches of the church's early pastors, as well as a detailed account of the church's struggles and triumphs in the years following the American Revolution.
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