Thankful Baptist Church

Thankful Baptist Church is a Georgia historical marker in Richmond County, dedicated 2011.

At the intersection of 3rd and Walker Streets in Augusta.

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Thankful Baptist Church was founded on April 26, 1840 under the name "Independent" in an area of Augusta known as "Pinched Gut". It was the first daughter church established out of Springfield Baptist Church who emerged from the Silver Bluff Baptist Church, one of the oldest African American churches in the country. On May 13, 1898, civil rights activist Dr. W.E.B. Dubois spoke at Thankful and during the civil rights era Thankful was active in organizing non-violent protests for racial equality. Over the years, Thankful has given life to other churches including Macedonia Baptist Church in Augusta. Thankful Baptist Church was added to the national register of historic places in 1980.

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1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1839 · Map of North And South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1842, covering the location of Thankful Baptist Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1842, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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