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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 (1982, 1999) Pulitzer Prize winner, dealing with religion and morality online review; Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen "Transmitting a Revival Culture: The Organizational Dynamic of the Baptist Movement in Colonial Virginia, 1760–1777," Journal of Southern History (1984) 50#4 pp 551–568 in JSTOR
First Baptist Church (est. 1774) was the first Baptist church in Petersburg, Virginia; [1] one of the first African-American Baptist congregations in the United States, and one of the oldest black churches in the nation. [2] It established one of the first local schools for black children in the nation.
The Baptists and Presbyterians were subject to many legal constraints and faced growing persecution; between 1768 and 1774, about half of the Baptists ministers in Virginia were jailed for preaching, in defiance of England's Act of Toleration of 1689 that guaranteed freedom of worship for Protestants. At the start of the Revolution, the ...
Elijah Baker (1742 - November 06, 1798) was an American Baptist minister who preached in Virginia and Maryland.He is known to have preached in Henrico, James City, Charles City, and York Counties [2] before traveling Gloucester County and ultimately founding numerous churches on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland.
A Genetic History of Baptist Thought: With Special Reference to Baptists in Britain and North America (Mercer University Press, 2004), focus on confessions of faith, hymns, theologians, and academics. Brackney, William H. ed., Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (2nd ed. Scarecrow, 2009). Cathcart, William, ed. The Baptist Encyclopedia (2 ...
At Ease in Zion: Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900 (1967) Spangler, Jewel L. "Becoming Baptists: Conversion in Colonial and Early National Virginia" Journal of Southern History. Volume: 67. Issue: 2. 2001. pp 243+ online edition; Stringer, Phil. The Faithful Baptist Witness, Landmark Baptist Press, 1998. Torbet, Robert G. A History ...
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Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.