Black Baptists in Britain 1640–1950

Abstract

Britain has had a small Black population since 1500; this increased in size during the 18th century. The earliest known record of a Black Baptist is from the 1640s. Jamaican and African-American Baptists visited during the 19th century as part of the abolitionist crusade. Black men became ministers of British churches, students at Spurgeon's College, and also missionaries and evangelists. British and Baptist history has largely ignored the presence and contribution of Black people, although this did not prevent contemporaries discriminating against them on grounds of race.

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