Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul
Bibliography
Aslanian, Sasha. “Pilgrim Baptist Church, Founded By Former Slaves, Celebrates 150 Years.” MPR News, June 13, 2013.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/06/13/pilgrim-baptist-church-founded-by-former-slaves-celebrates-150-years
“Contrabands—Mules.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 7, 1863.
First Baptist Church. “A Brief History of the First Baptist Church of St. Paul,” December 23, 2015.
https://blog.firstbaptiststpaul.org/2015/12/23/a-brief-history-of-the-first-baptist-church-of-st-paul
“Five Thousand Negros Wanted.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 16, 1863.
French, Rose. “Minnesota's Oldest Black Church Pilgrim Baptist Marks 150 Years of Praise.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 16, 2013.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-oldest-black-church-pilgrim-baptist-marks-150-years-of-praise/211702161
Green, William D. The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
⸻ . Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
⸻ . A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2007.
BC8.1 / .W956
Writers’ Project research notes, ca. 1935–1943
Minnesota Works Project Administration
Description: The folder titled “WPA Writers’ Project, Negroes in Minnesota” in Box 230 contains “Negroes in Minnesota” (two pages) by Mary D. McFarland, and “Rev. Robert Thomas Hickman; Preacher, (col’d) rail-splitter and Slave liberator,” by Alfred M. Potekin (three pages).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00695a.xml
Osman, Stephen E. “General Sibley’s Contraband Teamsters.” Minnesota’s Heritage no. 7 (January 2013): 54–74.
Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. 125th Anniversary Book, 1863–1988. [St. Paul]: Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1988.
“River and Steamboat News.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 6, 1863.
Robinson, James Alexander. “Historic Pilgrim Baptist Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 150th Year Founder’s Day Celebration of the Church History.” Available at the Minnesota Historical Society as BX6480 .S2 P68 2012.
Sluss, Jacqueline. “Pilgrim Baptist Church.” National Register of Historic Places nomination form #91000438, 1991.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/91000438
“St. Paul Churches, Pilgrim Baptist Church (Colored).” St. Paul Globe, February 4, 1883.
“What Will We Do With Them.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 6, 1863.
“When St. Paul Was An Underground Station.” St. Paul Globe, April 16, 1905.
Chronology
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1929
1936
1957
early 1960s
1980s
1993
2013
Bibliography
Aslanian, Sasha. “Pilgrim Baptist Church, Founded By Former Slaves, Celebrates 150 Years.” MPR News, June 13, 2013.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/06/13/pilgrim-baptist-church-founded-by-former-slaves-celebrates-150-years
“Contrabands—Mules.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 7, 1863.
First Baptist Church. “A Brief History of the First Baptist Church of St. Paul,” December 23, 2015.
https://blog.firstbaptiststpaul.org/2015/12/23/a-brief-history-of-the-first-baptist-church-of-st-paul
“Five Thousand Negros Wanted.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 16, 1863.
French, Rose. “Minnesota's Oldest Black Church Pilgrim Baptist Marks 150 Years of Praise.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 16, 2013.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-oldest-black-church-pilgrim-baptist-marks-150-years-of-praise/211702161
Green, William D. The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
⸻ . Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
⸻ . A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2007.
BC8.1 / .W956
Writers’ Project research notes, ca. 1935–1943
Minnesota Works Project Administration
Description: The folder titled “WPA Writers’ Project, Negroes in Minnesota” in Box 230 contains “Negroes in Minnesota” (two pages) by Mary D. McFarland, and “Rev. Robert Thomas Hickman; Preacher, (col’d) rail-splitter and Slave liberator,” by Alfred M. Potekin (three pages).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00695a.xml
Osman, Stephen E. “General Sibley’s Contraband Teamsters.” Minnesota’s Heritage no. 7 (January 2013): 54–74.
Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. 125th Anniversary Book, 1863–1988. [St. Paul]: Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1988.
“River and Steamboat News.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 6, 1863.
Robinson, James Alexander. “Historic Pilgrim Baptist Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 150th Year Founder’s Day Celebration of the Church History.” Available at the Minnesota Historical Society as BX6480 .S2 P68 2012.
Sluss, Jacqueline. “Pilgrim Baptist Church.” National Register of Historic Places nomination form #91000438, 1991.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/91000438
“St. Paul Churches, Pilgrim Baptist Church (Colored).” St. Paul Globe, February 4, 1883.
“What Will We Do With Them.” St. Paul Daily Press, May 6, 1863.
“When St. Paul Was An Underground Station.” St. Paul Globe, April 16, 1905.