White trustees of a Black church refuse to allow them to employ a Black pastor
description: Several documents beginning with deposition of David Lucket, complaining that white trustees of church at Oxon Hill, MD prevent Black parishioners from employing a Black minister. Require a white one. The underlying reason for this requirement by white trustees, subsequent investigation shows, is the "Nat Tyler" insurrection of 1852.
date: 2/21/1866
coverage: Oxen Hill, Prince George's County, MD