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Coffin Point Praise House, one of four surviving praise houses on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. A praise house (also prayer house) was a type of vernacular religious architecture, typically built within the plantation complexes of the American South for the use of enslaved people who were legally bound to the property.
The Invisible churches taught a different message from white-controlled churches and did not emphasize obedience to slave masters. Some slaves could not contact invisible churches and others did not agree with an invisible church's message but many slaves were comforted by the invisible churches. [1] [2]
In many cases the planter built a church or chapel for the use of the plantation slaves, although they usually recruited a white minister to conduct the services. [27] Some were built to exclusively serve the plantation family, but many more were built to serve the family and others in the area who shared the same faith.
The following is a list of notable structures in the United States that were built, at least in part, by enslaved people: Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–1870) – A railroad project in the southern United States; Memphis and Hernando Plank Road – An important road connecting Memphis and Hernando, Mississippi
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was appalled by slavery in the British colonies.When the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was founded in the United States at the "Christmas Conference" synod meeting of ministers at the Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore in December 1784, the denomination officially opposed slavery very early.
In the South, church leaders and Christians began to defend slavery by using the Bible and church doctrine. [4] This involved making use of biblical, charitable, evangelistic, social, and political rationalizations, such as the fact that Biblical figures owned slaves and the argument that slavery allowed African Americans to become Christians. [13]
It was built in the 1850s (completed in 1859) by both free African Americans and slaves. The builders made the bricks and built the church after the slaves had labored in the fields. The church was the first building constructed of brick to be owned by African Americans in the state of Georgia.
This and other post-Civil War black churches were built on the north side of Calhoun Street. [22] Blacks were not welcome on the south side of what was known as Boundary Street when the church was built. [23] The building was designed by leading Charleston architect John Henry Devereux; the work was begun in the spring of 1891 and completed in ...