Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Records 1825-1972
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Metropolitan A.M.E. Church (Washington, D.C.)
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Metropolitan was founded in 1838, in the District of Columbia. It is the oldest A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. The church represents the 1870s merger of two A.M.E. congregations, Israel Bethel (1821) and Union Bethel (1838), a stop on the Underground Railroad. The name "Metropolitan" was officially designated and recognized by the general A.M.E. Church in 1872. From the description of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church records, 1825-1926. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource...
