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Tabernacle Baptist Church and Steamship Planter
By Mike Stroud, February 2008
Tabernacle Baptist Church Marker
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| | Tabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area because of Federal occupation in 1861. The church's lecture room was used for services during the war. In 1867 the black congregation . . . — — Map (db m9964) HM |
| | Early on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved harbor pilot aboard the Planter, seized the 149-ft.
Confederate transport from a wharf just east of here. He and six enslaved crewmen took the vessel before dawn
when its captain, . . . — — Map (db m62069) HM |
Apr. 25, 2024