Churches -- St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Churches -- St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (San Antonio, Tex.)

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African Methodist Episcopal Church. Seventh Episcopal District

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Organized in 1816 from a congregation formed by a group of blacks who withdrew in 1787 from St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia because of discrimination; Richard Allen was consecrated the first bishop in 1816. From the description of African Methodist Episcopal Church collection, 1914-1971 (bulk 1950-1971). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962830 ...