Andrew Bryan (Baptist)

Not to be confused with Andrew Jackson Bryant.
Andrew Bryan

Andrew Bryan (1737–1812) founded the First African Baptist Church of Savannah in Savannah, Georgia,[1][2] the first black Baptist church to be established in America.[3] Bryan was the former slave of Jonathan Bryan.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Africans in America: Andrew Bryan". WGBH Educational Foundation.
  2. ↑ Martin, Sandy Dwayne. "Andrew Bryan (1737-1812)". Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
  3. ↑ "Africans in America: First African Baptist Church of Savannah". WGBH Educational Foundation.
  4. ↑ Alan Gallay (2007). The Formation of a Planter Elite: Jonathan Bryan and the Southern Colonial Frontier. University of Georgia Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8203-3018-1.


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