Faith to Freedom Daily: Zion Baptist Church, Sandusky, Ohio
African Americans in Sandusky, Ohio had held religious meetings for several years before, in 1849, coincident with the repeal of the Ohio Black Laws, they were able to organize a formal church. The Zion Baptist Church was founded and supported largely by fugitive slaves living in Sandusky. Renamed the First Regular Anti-Slavery Baptist Church, the congregation harbored fugitive slaves and helped them arrange passage across Lake Erie to Canada West. Since the 1920s, the church has been known as the Second Baptist Church.
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Chris McMahon on Saturday, June 26th, 2010 at 12:01 am.
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