Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.) records 1836-1986

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Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.) records 1836-1986

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The records of Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.) are divided into four series: Vital, Administrative, Miscellaneous and ChurchPublications Records.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.)

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The Asbury United Methodist Church was established by non-white members of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church in 1836. The latter was organized in 1834 in Washington and had black worshippers as members of its congregation from its inception. Discriminatory conditions and paternalistic control by their white brethren became intolerable to blacks, leading to the separation of these two congregations and the eventual formal establishment of individual churches. In 1864 the...

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