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Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

Title:
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Note:
the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the nation, - "Bethel AME Church has a long history of engagement withfcivil rights issues.  In 1795 the church provided refuge to thirty runaway Jamaican slaves." Blackpast.org

Image Source:
Blackpast.org

Subject:
American - African American - Churches - Methodist Episcopal

Photo Date:
1829

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-ARCACH-11

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