Historic Richmond Churches and Synagogues
Historic Richmond Churches and Synagogues

Author: Walter S. Griggs Jr.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1467137413

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Richmond's historic houses of worship cannot be separated from the city's storied past. A young Patrick Henry sparked a revolution with his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech inside St. John's Episcopal Church on Church Hill. Congregation Beth Ahabah, with its awe-inspiring windows and adjoining museum, is one of the oldest and most revered synagogues in the country. An interstate highway was moved to save the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, where John Jasper asserted, "De Sun do move," in the most famous sermon ever preached in the city. Beloved local author Walter Griggs Jr. tells the compelling history of Richmond's most holy places.

Public Executions in Richmond, Virginia
Public Executions in Richmond, Virginia

Author: Harry M. Ward

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-08-03

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0786492597

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Virginia's capital city knew poverty, injustice, slavery, vagrancy, substandard working conditions, street crimes, brutality, unsanitary conditions, and pandemics. One of the biggest stains in the city's past was the spectacle of public executions, attended by throngs. Thousands, including the old and the very young, reveled in a carnival-like atmosphere. This book narrates the history of the executions--hangings, and during the Civil War also firing squads--that formed a large part of Richmond's entertainment picture. Revulsion slowly mounted until the introduction of the electric chair. The history has a cast of unusual characters--the condemned, the crime victims, family members, the executioners, and not least an 182 pound "gallows" dog.

A History of the Foreign Missionary Work of the Protestant Episcopal Church
A History of the Foreign Missionary Work of the Protestant Episcopal Church

Author: S. D. Denison

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-04-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 3382162431

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.