AME Church
This file appears in: The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom
The former 1850 AME Church is one of the earliest buildings associated with this anti-slavery congregation in the US. William J. Anderson was a founder, an early pastor, and perhaps the builder of the church. In 1857 Anderson wrote and published his woeful tale of being sold into slavery and his escape from it. It is available to read at: https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/andersonw/menu.html.
This file appears in: The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom
The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom
Proximity to the Ohio River gave rise to Madison's Georgetown Neighborhood, a community of free Blacks dating back to the 1820s. About 50 black families lived in the Georgetown neighborhood, located along Walnut Street north of Main Street.…