Thursday, April 06, 2006

Some Methodist History in Beaumont

The Beaumont Journal tells the story of John Fletcher Pipkin, a Methodist preacher from South Carolina. a daring liberal for his time, Rev. Pipkin taught one of his slaves, Woodson Pipkin, to read. Woodson Pipkin went on to found St. Paul's AME church in 1868.

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