Cumberland Island, Georgia’s southernmost barrier island, ... Toward the northern end is the First African Baptist Church, built by former slaves in the 1890s and rebuilt in the 1930s.

Cumberland Island, Georgia’s southernmost barrier island, ... Toward the northern end is the First African Baptist Church, built by former slaves in the 1890s and rebuilt in the 1930s.

The only way for guests to vist Georgia’s Cumberland Island is by boat. ... First African Baptist Church. First established in 1893 by free African-American residents, ...

Getting to Cumberland Island, Georgia. Cumberland Island is accessible by ferry. ... It’s also worth checking out the Georgian Revival-style Plum Orchard and First African Baptist Church ...

The First African Baptist Church already was on the guided Jeep tour provided by the inn, as a remnant of the community founded by freed slaves in the late 1800s. Since the wedding, though, that ...

The tour van also went up to the island’s north end for other stops, including one at the tiny First African Baptist Church, where John Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in an ultra-secret ...

CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA. ... The 10 handmade pews in the First African Baptist Church were polished by 100 years of use by the faithful.

While landmarks on the island’s southern tip (including Dungeness) are easily accessible, Plum Orchard (another Carnegie mansion) and the First African Baptist Church (site of the clandestine ...