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by tavern owner and widow Jane Vobe (1733–1786). Multiple Black persons enslaved by Vobe "learned to read the Bible and took part in formal Church of
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Rowe, Linda H. “Gowan Pamphlet: Baptist Preacher in Slavery and Freedom.”
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia
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