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Here are many biographies of early African American Baptists published in 1896

July 21, 2024 July 21, 2024by Donna R Causey

JOIN US Discover, Share, and support our endeavors to preserve lost and forgotten stories Download the patreon/alabamapioneers.com app Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored…

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Local news from The American Banner (Bay Minette, Alabama, September 16, 1899

June 7, 2024 June 7, 2024by Donna R Causey

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PATRON + Ex-slave Wimbs became the bookkeeper and general clerk in the law office of Alabama governor

July 2, 2021 May 29, 2021by Donna R Causey

Some Interesting Anecdotes about the State of Alabama transcribed from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work…

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PATRON + The rise of the African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama after Civil War

June 28, 2021 July 28, 2021by Donna R Causey

The rise of the African American Baptist church in Mobile, Alabama after Civil War. Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama…

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PATRON + A slave joins Rock Creek Baptist Church in Jefferson County and later becomes a pastor

June 10, 2021 July 28, 2021by Donna R Causey

"In 1822, Mr. Edward Davis purchased Job and brought him to old Jonesboro, in Jefferson County, Alabama, to be his slave. Mr. Davis lived…