One British missionary wrote that his African congregation asked, "Has the Savior you tell us of any power to save us from the rubber trouble?"
The majority of African congregations, however, still sing lustily without any accompaniment.
It is the second oldest Black church edifice in Baltimore, and home to one of the city's largest African American congregations.
Today the first African Baptist congregation worships at a newer church at 635 Price Road.
St. Rose of Lima Church was established there for the African American congregation in 1944.
In the event, he avoided setting a precedent and called for both beliefs to be upheld equally, a route that did successfully lead to self-determination by African congregations.
The African American congregation that constructed this church was formed in the 1830s and they acquired this site in 1833.
These former members of St. George's made plans to transform their mutual aid society into an African congregation.
St. Mary's was the city's first African American Episcopal congregation.
Again in 1892, Mt. Zion Baptist Church was started with an African American congregation.