Qualla: Macedonia Baptist Church https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Macedonia Baptist Church https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio Macedonia Baptist Church: Introduction https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. When the Virginia landowner James Twyman died in 1849, his will did something unusual for its time and place. He freed many of the people he had enslaved and provided that they be given land near Burlington, Ohio - across the river from Virginia, on free soil. Thirty-two people made the journey north and settled in late October on land they themselves now legally owned. They joined an existing Black Baptist congregation that had been worshipping in the area since around 1811, and together they built a new church on Macedonia Ridge. The Macedonia Baptist Church still stands. Its very existence - a building put up by free Black settlers in 1850s southern Ohio - is one of those quiet American structures that carries enormous historical weight in modest wooden walls.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/dnv6-macedonia-baptist-church-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Macedonia Baptist Church: Ohio's Free Soil Edge https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Burlington sits at the southernmost point of Ohio, on the north bank of the Ohio River directly across from the enslaving states of Kentucky and Virginia. That geography mattered. Anyone crossing the river from south to north crossed from slave territory into free territory - tho...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/dnv6-macedonia-baptist-church-ohios-free-soil-edge.mp3 0:06 2 full Macedonia Baptist Church: The Original Congregation https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. A group of Baptists had organized a church somewhere in the Burlington area between 1811 and 1813, initially meeting in members' homes before building a small and primitive church structure. The early congregation was Black - free Black families and some who had escaped enslaveme...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/dnv6-macedonia-baptist-church-the-original-congregation.mp3 0:06 3 full Macedonia Baptist Church: The Twyman Settlers https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. James Twyman's death in 1849 and the resulting manumission set thirty-two people in motion. They traveled from Virginia to Burlington in late October. The land Twyman's estate had provided was theirs by deed - actual recorded title in their own names. The legal distinction betwee...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/dnv6-macedonia-baptist-church-the-twyman-settlers.mp3 0:06 4 full Macedonia Baptist Church: Recognition and Survival https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. The church building has survived. In 1978 the Macedonia Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both for its architectural significance and for its place in local history. It is one of four Register-listed sites in and around Burlington, ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/6/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio-wp/dnv6-macedonia-baptist-church-recognition-and-survival.mp3 0:06 5 full Macedonia Baptist Church: Burlington 37 and the Continuing Memory https://qualla.com/macedonia-baptist-church-burlington-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. The Burlington 37 Cemetery, named for the thirty-seven Black residents buried there in its early years (though hundreds more followed), preserves the names and dates of the families who built the Macedonia community. Many of the surnames in the cemetery match the family names rec...

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