Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old ...

Church officials consider it one of the most important abolitionist-era Baptist documents.

It was signed two years after the issue of slavery prompted southern Baptists to split from northern Baptists and form the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

It was signed two years after the issue of slavery prompted southern Baptists to split from northern Baptists and form the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.