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• 1863-01-10, Unnamed, Religious

  Enslaved children attended Episcopal Sunday school at the Athens Town Hall. Partial Transcript: "On motion of Warden King, the use of the Town Hall was granted to the Episcopal church on Sunday evenings for the purpose of holding Sunday school for the colored children."

• 1831, Unnamed, Religious (Communion)

  Enslaved persons that attended the Union Church, north of Athens, Georgia, took communion administered by Alonzo Church. Partial Transcript: "Then [Alonzo Church] dedicated Union Church; there was a very large attendance of negroes of the Baptist and Methodist persussions, and among them several colored preachers. The communion was administered by [Church] and it was remarkable fact, worthy of record, that these humble servants sat down at the Lord's table and partook of the elements."

• 1860, Unnamed, Religious

  The enslaved people in Athens held their services at the Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church. Partial Transcript: "The new Presbyterian Church was built in 1855, by Ross Crane at a cost of $10,000, and the Baptist church by Mr. Carlton in 1860. The negroes were permitted to hold their services in the old churches."

• 1858-05, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Religious (Baptism)

  Holsey is baptised and fellowshipped by Reverend H. H. Parks at the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: " I was taken into the church by Rev. Mr. Parks, and baptized and fellowshipped by his uncle, the Rev. H. H. Parks."

• 1858, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Religious

  Holsey converted to Christianity and became a member of the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: "In 1858, in Athens, Ga., I was converted, and became a member of the Methodist church."