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5. A.M.E. ZION CHURCH The first African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at Spring and Favor Streets. The African-American congregation had previously worshipped at the quarters on Ely Street. This building was built in 1831 and replaced in 1879. The church was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It is also the location from which Frederick Douglass first published his North Star newspaper in 1847. |
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