First African Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia

First African Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia

African Americans, religion

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.

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

ca. 1865

Courtesty of Library of Congress

CC BY-SA

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Sterograph

First African Baptist Church Richmond_LC02904v

Richmond, Virginia