1865 to 1900

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection
1865 to 1900
Black-owned Businesses 1865-1900
Farming was by far the preferred way to gain financial stability for Blacks during the antebellum period. Only eight people prior ...
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Shaw’s Creek African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – Logan’s Chapel
Freed slaves started Henderson County’s oldest African-American congregation in 1865 in Horseshoe. Shaw’s Creek African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - ...
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Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Freed slaves founded Mud Creek Baptist Church in 1868. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190512/beyond-banks-little-mud-creek-church ...
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St. Paul Tabernacle AME Zion Church
St. Paul AME Zion Church was founded in 1880, making it one of the oldest Black churches in Henderson County ...
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Star of Bethel Baptist Church Article
Star of Bethel Church was founded in 1873. Membership has dwindled since its heyday in the 1950’s. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190216/historic-black-church-looks-at-future-even-as-membership-shrinks ...
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The Kingdom of the Happy Land
Throughout the history of Henderson County no other chapter is perhaps so intriguing and yet so veiled in mystery as the ...
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Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
Although in theory Black schools were supposed to be equal to White schools, in reality they never received adequate funding ...
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Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
There are very few records for the Henderson County schools relating to Blacks, but it appears that education for Blacks ...
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Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church’s Struggle to Survive
The church’s dwindling membership has caused financial challenges. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-07-21-0207210176-story.html ...
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