Very rare 1891 African-American newspaper w EARLY NEGR0 IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS for Sale

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Very rare 1891 African-American newspaper w EARLY NEGR0 IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS:
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Very rare 1891 African-American newspaper w EARLY NEGR0 IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS

Very rare 1891 African-American newspaper with front page coverage of 2 EARLY NEGR0 IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS- inv # 3B-418

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALAfrican-American published NEWSPAPER,the Indianapolis Freeman(IN) datedFeb 14, 1891.The Indianapolis Freeman newspaper is the earliest illustrated nationally distributed African-American newspaper ever published. Its news, ads and editorial content ishighly focused on topics of interest to NEGR0 AMERICANSand itsmasthead contains the slogan: \"A National Illustrated Colored Newspaper\".

This 133 year old issue contains news, sports, ads, editorials and coverage of interest to African-Americans that the \"main stream\" media (read \"White media\") failed to cover in this era of JIM CROW racial segregation.

This issue contains prominent front page \"stacked\" headings: \"TWO COLORED ORGANIZATIONS/ Efforts Made to Better the Condition of the AMERICAN NEGR0...\" with a 2/3 column report of 2 very early African-American improvement political organizations. These organizations predated the NAACP and other early African-American advocacy organizations.

THis has a front page engraved portrait of \"Rev J S Brown\", Pastor of Bridge Street AME Church in Brooklyn, NY\". This was The African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Bridge Street African
Methodist Episcopal Church, has been documented as the oldest black congregation in
the Brooklyn-Long Island area.

The earliest records date back to 1766 when a British captain named Thomas Webb
began holding open air services in downtown Brooklyn. Captain Webb was a convert of
John Wesley, the father of Methodism in America. He attracted a small following and
was later succeeded by Woolman Hickson, a local preacher. In 1794 the congregation
purchased the land on which they held these open-air services from a wealthy Brooklyn
landowner named Joshua Sands. Later a small church was built, and as it was the
custom in those days to name streets and buildings after wealthy landowners, the
church was named The Sands Street Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church. The
congregation consisted of Caucasians, free Negroes, and ex-slaves.

By 1804, under the pastorate of the Rev. Cyrus Stebbins, the Sands Street
congregation increased so rapidly that a larger place of worship became a necessity. In
1810, a new church was completed. The church was named The First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Brooklyn and had a mixed number of fifteen hundred members.
Between 1810 and 1817, the Black church membership increased rapidly causing
relations between Blacks and Whites to deteriorate. The Whites wanted Blacks to pay
$10 a quarter to worship in galleries which had been allotted to them. This monetary
burden was the determining factor in their decision to get a place of their own to
worship. They withdrew from The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn and
temporarily worshipped in each others homes.

Between 1810 and 1817, the Black church membership increased rapidly causing
relations between Blacks and Whites to deteriorate. The Whites wanted Blacks to pay
$10 a quarter to worship in galleries which had been allotted to them. This monetary
burden was the determining factor in their decision to get a place of their own to
worship. They withdrew from The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn and
temporarily worshipped in each others homes.

At a meeting held May 14, 1817, they formed a society to raise funds to buy land on
which to build a church, agreeing to pay 50 cents a month into a treasure for a building
fund. In the fall of 1817, a grand rally was held and the amount of $130 was collected
towards the building fund.

On January 12, 1818, after being legally notified, the “male” members of the society
met for the purpose of choosing trustees, whose duties were to take care of the
temporal affairs of the church or religious instruction. A delegation was appointed to
go to Philadelphia to see Bishop Richard Allen of The AME Church about
sending a preacher for the new church and to ordain several of the delegates as
local preachers. This began Bridge Street’s affiliation with the AME Church.

In 1827, the men of the AWME Church set up an educational system for colored
youngsters. On September 25, 1827 the cornerstone of The African Free School
(known as Colored School #1) was laid under the direction of Henry C. Thompson, an
AWME Church Trustee.

By 1840, the membership of High Street had grown to 195 members and it was time to
secure a larger place to worship. On July 12, 1854, the AWME Church bought from the
trustees of The First Congregational Church the property at 309 Bridge Street for
$12,000. On the first Sunday in August 1854, The Rev. James Morris Williams, the
twenty-first pastor of the AWME Church, marched his congregation from High Street to
their new church home at 309 Bridge Street.

On July 12, 1854 The AWME Church bought from the trustees of The First
Congregational Church the property at 309 Bridge Street for $12,000. On the first
Sunday in August 1854, The Rev. James Morris Williams, the 21st pastor of The AWME
Church, marched his congregation from High Street to their new church home at 309
Bridge Street. Hereinafter, this church was known as THE AFRICAN WESLEYAN
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. From 1854 to 1938, the
congregation worshipped at 309 Bridge Street and the church was also known as
Bridge Street AWME Church.

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