Research Catalog

Title

Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) records, 1812-1979.

Author

Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.)

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Description

3 microfilm reels.

Summary

The records of the Second African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia are divided into seven series: Church Minutes; Legal Documents; Church Rolls, Minute Books and Annual Reports; Financial Records; Sunday School Records, Church Organizations' Minutes; and Church History, Printed Matter, Miscellaneous.

Donor/Sponsor

Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.

Subjects

• Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.)
• African American Baptists > Georgia > Savannah > History
• Baptists > United States
• African American churches > Georgia > Savannah
• Church records and registers > Georgia > Savannah
• African Americans > Georgia > Savannah > History
• Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) History
• First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.)
• African Americans > Religion

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Original Location (note)

• Originals in Second African Baptist Church; 123 Houston Street; Savannah, Ga. 31401.

Terms of Use (note)

• Permission from church is required to purchase copy of microfilm. Email authorizing reproduction should be sent to the Curator of Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, schomburgarchives@nypl.org.

Source (note)

• Originals in Second African Baptist Church

Biography (note)

• The Second African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1802 by members of the First Colored Church (now the First Arican Baptist Church of Savannah). In the early years of the nineteenth century, the Savannah River Association, an organization of Baptist churches composed of one Black and two white churches, including the First Colored Church, decided to strengthen the Association by organizing two additional Black churches out of the membership of the First Colored Church. The two Black churches which were formed were Second Colored Church and the Ogeechee Baptist Church.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed
• Microfilmed
• Cataloged

OCLC

NYPW00-A121

Author

Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.)

Title

Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) records, 1812-1979.

Terms Of Use

Permission from church is required to purchase copy of microfilm. Email authorizing reproduction should be sent to the Curator of Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, schomburgarchives@nypl.org.

Reproduction

Microfilm. New York Public Library. 1992. 3 microfilm reels ; 16mm. (MN *ZZ-35763)

Original Location

Originals in Second African Baptist Church; 123 Houston Street; Savannah, Ga. 31401.

Biography

The Second African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1802 by members of the First Colored Church (now the First Arican Baptist Church of Savannah). In the early years of the nineteenth century, the Savannah River Association, an organization of Baptist churches composed of one Black and two white churches, including the First Colored Church, decided to strengthen the Association by organizing two additional Black churches out of the membership of the First Colored Church. The two Black churches which were formed were Second Colored Church and the Ogeechee Baptist Church.

Two African American ministers were ordained to serve the new churches. Reverend Henry Cunningham, a formerly enslaved person, became the first pastor of Second Baptist Church, serving from 1802 to 1833. Many members who were formerly enslaved people followed the example of their pastor and later purchased their freedom. After its founding, Second Colored Church continued to have a close relationship with the First Colored Church. Following the death of Andrew Bryan, the second pastor of the First Colored Church, Second Colored Church provided, in regular succession, pastors for the First Colored or mother Church from 1812 to 1846.

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