#OTD Dec 6, 1806: The African Meeting House was dedicated at 8 Smith Court in the Beacon Hill area of Boston. It is the oldest Black church building in the U.S. and was originally the home of the First African Baptist Church. It also served as the site of a school that Prince Hall had previously operated in his home. The New England Anti-Slavery Society was founded there and during the Civil War, the building was used as a recruitment location for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments. As Blacks left for other areas of the city it was used as a synagogue until it was opened as the Museum of African American History in 1972.
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