First African Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia

First African Baptist Church Richmond_LC02904v.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

First African Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia

Subject

African Americans, religion

Description

Taken shortly after the end of the Civil War in 1865, this photograph shows a group of African Americans in front of First African Baptist Church, which had been founded in Richmond in 1841 when the white and black members of the city's First Baptist Church separated into two congregations. First African Baptist Church may have been one of the largest church buildings in Virginia and before the Civil War probably had the largest congregation in the state.

Source

Library of Congress (LC-DIG-cwpb-02904), Prints and Photographs Division

Date

ca. 1865

Contributor

Courtesty of Library of Congress

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Sterograph

Identifier

First African Baptist Church Richmond_LC02904v

Coverage

Richmond, Virginia

Citation

“First African Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed November 21, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/566.