# Mary Meachum

> John Berry Meachum was an American pastor, businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis, the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River. At a time when it was illegal in the city to teach people of color to read and write, Meachum operated a school in the church's basement. Meachum also circumvented a Missouri state law banning education for black people by creating the Floating Freedom School on a steamboat on the Mississippi River.

*American abolitionist*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1801
- **Died:** 1869
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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