The Resource Memorial to the Common Council of the City of Lynchburg, Va., (manuscript)
Memorial to the Common Council of the City of Lynchburg, Va., (manuscript)
- Summary
- Recounts some of the history of the African Baptist Church and its excommunication from its associated Lynchburg Baptist Church, ca. 1852/1853. Rev. David Shaver condemns the excommunication of the African Baptist Church by the Lynchburg Baptist Church and refers to the rights of all Baptists as guaranteed by the Baptist denomination. Shaver discusses the place of the African Baptist Church within the Strawberry Association of Baptist Churches (in Lynchburg, Va., and surrounding counties) and notes that the African Baptist Church was recognized as a church by all the other churches of the Association. Shaver concludes with a request that the African Baptist Church be allowed to have meetings with Rev. James C. Clopton preaching
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1
- Label
- Memorial to the Common Council of the City of Lynchburg, Va., 1853 ca
- Title
- Memorial to the Common Council of the City of Lynchburg, Va.
- Inclusive dates
- 1853 ca
- Subject
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- African Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Va.)
- Shaver, David, 1820-1902
- Lynchburg Baptist Church (Va.)
- Baptists -- Government | History
- Baptist associations -- Virginia
- African American Baptists -- Virginia | Lynchburg
- Lynchburg (Va.) -- Church history
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Religion
- Strawberry Baptist Association (Va.)
- Lynchburg (Va.) -- Religious life and customs
- Clopton, James C
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts some of the history of the African Baptist Church and its excommunication from its associated Lynchburg Baptist Church, ca. 1852/1853. Rev. David Shaver condemns the excommunication of the African Baptist Church by the Lynchburg Baptist Church and refers to the rights of all Baptists as guaranteed by the Baptist denomination. Shaver discusses the place of the African Baptist Church within the Strawberry Association of Baptist Churches (in Lynchburg, Va., and surrounding counties) and notes that the African Baptist Church was recognized as a church by all the other churches of the Association. Shaver concludes with a request that the African Baptist Church be allowed to have meetings with Rev. James C. Clopton preaching
- Biographical or historical data
- Virginia minister and later editor of the Richmond Religious Herald.
- Cataloging source
- VA@
- Label
- Memorial to the Common Council of the City of Lynchburg, Va., (manuscript)
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- Special Collections
- Extent
- 1
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- u2401789
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) ALM7544
- (OCoLC)647849867
- Type of unit
- item.
Subject
- African American Baptists -- Virginia | Lynchburg
- African Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Va.)
- Baptist associations -- Virginia
- Baptists -- Government | History
- Clopton, James C
- Lynchburg (Va.) -- Church history
- Lynchburg (Va.) -- Religious life and customs
- Lynchburg Baptist Church (Va.)
- Shaver, David, 1820-1902
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Religion
- Strawberry Baptist Association (Va.)
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
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