D. Religious Institutions

Funeral Conducted by Columbia Firm | History of SC Slide Collection

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Funeral Conducted by Columbia Firm | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

Funerals were an important social occasion in South Carolina, particularly for the African-American community, where solemn rituals were carried on within the African-American church traditions of...

Interior of an African-American Baptist Church | History of SC Slide Collection

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Interior of an African-American Baptist Church | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

Not all baptisms were held out of doors. Laura Glenn Douglas (see Laura Glenn Douglas) painted this interior of an African-American Baptist church around 1938. Courtesy of the South Carolina State...