Thomas Paul
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This portrait shows him delivering one of his famously inspirational sermons. Following his ordination in May 1805, Paul was barred from Boston\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Baptist pulpits on account of his race. Around 1805, he founded the African Baptist Church in Boston, where he served as pastor until 1829. In 1808, Black Baptists in New York City requested Paul\u00e2\u0080\u0099s assistance in establishing an alternative to the racially segregated First Baptist Church. The Abyssinian Baptist Church that Paul launched in lower Manhattan was the earliest Black Baptist church in New York State."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Paul traveled to Haiti as a missionary in 1817 and briefly encouraged African Americans to immigrate there but changed his mind after a disappointing second visit a few years later."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Exeter, Nuevo Hampshire"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Durante las primeras tres d\u00c3\u00a9cadas del siglo XIX, Thomas Paul fue el l\u00c3\u00adder espiritual de la comunidad afroamericana de Boston e impuls\u00c3\u00b3 el establecimiento de iglesias negras independientes en el noreste. Este retrato lo muestra pronunciando uno de sus inspiradores sermones. Luego de ordenarse como pastor en mayo de 1805, Paul fue excluido de los p\u00c3\u00balpitos bautistas de Boston debido a su raza. En diciembre de ese a\u00c3\u00b1o fund\u00c3\u00b3 la Iglesia Bautista Africana en Boston, de la cual fue pastor hasta 1829. En 1808, los bautistas negros de Nueva York le pidieron ayuda para crear una alternativa a la Primera Iglesia Bautista, entonces segregada racialmente. La Iglesia Bautista Abisinia fundada por Paul en el bajo Manhattan fue la primera iglesia bautista negra en el estado de Nueva York."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Paul viaj\u00c3\u00b3 a Hait\u00c3\u00ad como misionero en 1817 y por un tiempo exhort\u00c3\u00b3 a los afroamericanos a emigrar a dicha isla, pero cambi\u00c3\u00b3 de opini\u00c3\u00b3n tras una decepcionante segunda visita pocos a\u00c3\u00b1os m\u00c3\u00a1s tarde."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "(Kennedy Galleries); purchase 1970."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Thomas Badger, 1792 - 1868"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Thomas Paul, 1773 - 13 Apr 1831"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Interior\\Church"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Printed Material\\Book\\Bible"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Architecture\\Building\\Church\\Pulpit"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Thomas Paul: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Thomas Paul: Religion and Spirituality\\Clergy\\Pastor"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Thomas Paul: Religion and Spirituality\\Founder\\Church founder"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on wood panel"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Panel: 20.3 x 16.5cm (8 x 6 1/2\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 33.3 x 29.2 x 6.4cm (13 1/8 x 11 1/2 x 2 1/2\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.70.45", "hash": "a451c3868ea58277c457c9d33c994a7349ef352c", "docSignature": "83d7c5ef804493ab2111b8cfa2f3e953", "timestamp": 1665651395, "lastTimeUpdated": 1665651353, "title": "Thomas Paul"}