Interior of the Church, from the Western Wing. The First African Church, Richmond, Virginia

Interior of the Church, from the Western Wing. The First African Church, Richmond, Virginia

African Americans, religion

First African Baptist Church was 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.

William Ludwell Sheppard

Harper's Weekly, June 27, 1874, p. 545

Harper and Brothers

1874

Library of Virginia

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Engraving

15_1076_006 FABC interior

Richmond, Virginia