

Of an old white lady (the only white person on the place), who took my hand as she went Music, sufficiently well to teach the art of singing. Learned to read his Bible and hymn book, but had also learned the rudiments of vocal Songs and family prayers of my step-grandfather, a pure African, who had not only (In this year, 1845, the Baptists of America divided.)ĮARLY RECOLLECTIONS.-Stored away in my earliest memories I find: (1) The

Sand hill amid pine forests, on June 13, 1845, the writer made his advent into this world. While his mother was still a child, she and her mother were carried Grandmother had reached her maturity of womanhood, she was sold into Georgia, where LINEAGE AND NATIVITY.-His great-grandmother was born on the west coast ofĪfrica and was brought a slave to Virginia, where his grandmother was born. Something of the author of this book, and therefore he submits the following Possibly some one may desire at some time and for some reason to know

Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved. Recommendations for Level 4 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. OCR-ed text has been compared against the This electronic edition has been created by OpticalĬharacter Recognition (OCR). The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CHĭigitization project, Documenting the American South. (Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (spine) The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama (title page) The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama Their Leaders and Their Work University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1845.įunding from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition supported the electronic publication of this title. The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work:Įlectronic Edition.
