Second Street Baptist Church
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Early photograph of Second Street Baptist Church. The clock tower is one of New Albany's best-known landmarks.
Image Courtesy New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections
This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church
Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church
Before the Civil War, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana. It also had the largest population of Black residents in the state. At least eight percent of Black Hoosiers lived in Floyd County. Black freedom seekers often fled the South by…