Jeff Takes Us To Glendale Chapel
Jeff Takes Us To Glendale Chapel The Steeple
In episode 6: Jeff visits Glendale Chapel built by ex-slaves and served as the only schoolhouse in the county for Black children. The Primitive Baptists in south Georgia claim to be the direct descendants of "John the Baptist". This unique group of rural Christians still practices their faith.
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The Steeple
Aspects of our unique Southern history can only be told through its surviving rural churches. As the backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life. These are the stories that built our nation.
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