Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Congregationalist)
Brooklyn, New York
Founded: 1847
Current Building: 1849

Led by the celebrated abolitionist minister Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Church was a well-known anti-slavery center before and during the Civil War. The church was also known as the "Grand Central Depot" of the Underground Railroad.

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