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Negro Church Baptism on the Cumberland River

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Beach, Ursula

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A Negro church baptismal service is held on the Cumberland River with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Bridge in the background. Participants are seen being submerged backwards into the water while church members watch along the bank of the river.
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Austin Peay State University

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Digital Library of Tennessee

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Baptism
  3. Clarksville
  4. New South Period And The Industrialization Of Tennessee
  5. Religion
  6. Tennessee

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