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Article: 136th Church Anniversary of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill
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- The Tennessee Tribune
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- December 19, 2001
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Lovett, Bobby
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
12-19-2001
136TH Church Anniversary of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill
After worshipping with the White Christians in the First Baptist Church of
Nashville since 1831, the slave and free Negro members requested separate
worship services. In 1844, they were granted separate prayer services,
under the supervision of a White assistant minister, Samuel A. Davidson. As
they comprised half of the First Baptist Church's members, soon the Negroes
were allowed evening services, and in 1847 the First Baptist Church voted
to allow the Negroes to find a separate building. In January 1848, the
First Colored Church Baptist Mission began services in a former city
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