(RELIGION) JASPER JOHN Large un titled Cabinet card photogra

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(RELIGION.) JASPER, JOHN. Large, un-titled Cabinet card photograph. 6 x 5 inches. Richmond: Jefferson Fine Art Gallery, circa 1890's

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Reverend John Jasper (1812-1901) is arguably one of the most famous black ministers of nineteenth-century Richmond, Virginia. He gained popularity for his electrifying preaching style and his ability to spiritually move both black and white Baptists. He began his career in the early 1840s, preaching at funerals of slave and free black parishioners and giving occasional sermons at the First African Baptist Church. His popularity grew quickly and not only among the people of Richmond, but after giving a guest sermon to the Third African Baptist Church in the nearby city of Petersburg, Jasper was invited by that congregation to preach every Sunday. Jasper's accomplishments are even more remarkable given the fact during the first twenty-five years of his ministry work, Virginia law expressly prohibited blacks from preaching.