Praise house
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praise-house-254-17169289
title:
Praise house
text:
A praise house was a type of vernacular religious architecture, typically built within the plantation complexes of the American South for the use of enslaved people who were legally bound to the property. Praise houses were a part of the early history of the black church, and there is evidence of Christian practice and praise houses from before the first organized black denominations. These simply constructed church buildings were sometimes built by enslavers for their chattel as they "regarded
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Plantation-era American church building
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise_house
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-20T23:08:48Z
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