Tugged along by a steamboat headed North from Mississippi, a group of seemingly adrift African-American men, women and children arrived at Fort Snelling in 1863. The former slaves took their chances for a better life. Calling themselves Pilgrims as they headed up the Mississippi River, they arrived in St. Paul and formed one of the oldest African American Churches in Minnesota. Allison Herrera tells us about Pilgrim Baptist Church.
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