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Events on Saturday 10 May 1845 1
1845Southern Baptist Convention foundedBaptists split over slaveryBaptist churches from the southern states met in Augusta, Georgia, and formed the Southern Baptist Convention. They split from northern Baptists after the national mission board refused to appoint slaveholders as missionaries. It became the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.