St. Francis Baptist Church 113th Anniversary News Clipping, 1976
Entry/Object ID
AM2019.2.36
Scope and Content
St. Francis Baptist Church 113th Anniversary News Clipping, Feb. 2, 1976, St. Joseph News-Press. "Anniversary for church begun by slaves."
Profiles the founding of a separate Baptist church for blacks in St. Joseph, an off-shoot of First Baptist Church, after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Includes pre-1863 actions by First Baptist to ordain ministers to serve blacks in their congregation. Establishment of separate church at 1000 block of Francis Street which by 1872 had 350 members. This property was razed by eminent domain when the City Hall complex was created in 1926 and moved to 17th & Angelique and renamed St. Francis Baptist Temple.
News photo of church on 17th St.
Collection
Marshall & Melanie White
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Churches, Civil wars
Search Terms
First Baptist Church, Francis Street Baptist Church, St. Francis Baptist Temple, First African Baptist Church, Slavery in St. Joseph, Emancipation Proclamation in St. Joseph