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Slideshow: Little Methodist church looms large in black history

Chubb Chapel United Methodist Church in Chubbtown, Georgia, is at least unusual, probably unique, as a rural Methodist church established by Southern blacks who had been free during slavery days. To learn more about Chubb Chapel, read "Little church looms large in black history," by United Methodist News Service. Photos by Sam Hodges, United Methodist News Service; courtesy of Clemmie Whatley, Chubb Chapel United Methodist Church; and by Tom Reed, courtesy of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia.


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