![]() Several relocated in Detroit, Michigan and assembled into the Croghan Street Baptist Church. ![]() As a result, many free Blacks sought relocation to other places. George Rowe, a white minister, was appointed as the first pastor and he served from 1856-1863.ĭue to rigid fugitive laws at that time in our country, free Blacks were constantly harassed and antagonized. According to law, at that time, Blacks were not allowed to congregate without a white person present. The Black congregation named its worship site, African Baptist Church. In 1854, the white members moved to a new location on the corner of Princess Anne and Amelia Streets (Fredericksburg Baptist Church) and later sold their former site on Sophia Street to the colored members in 1857 for $500.00. ![]() Members of the Colored Baptist Church occupied the galleries of the White church free Blacks worshipped in the end gallery and the enslaved Blacks in the side gallery. Prior to 1854 Shiloh Baptist Church, located at Hanover and Sophia Streets, had two congregations worshipping together: the White Baptists and the Colored Baptists. ![]()
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