Pilgrim Baptist Church

Pilgrim is the arrived — the 'Northerner' that's the steamboat carried, the 'May 6 '63' that's the Fort Snelling landing. The 'Pilgrims named' is the chose — the 'not knowing where' that's the destination unknown, the 'called themselves' that's the identity made. The 'Hickman preached' is the led — the 'master taught reading' that's the rare gift, the 'Boone County' that's the Missouri fled.

The '125 arrived' is the counted — the 'charter members' that's the families named, the 'split three ways' that's the city divided them. The 'first in Minnesota' is the marked — the 'NTF '21' that's the state's first, the 'Pearson-Hill' that's the genealogist's proof. Pilgrim is the founded — the 'escaped built' that's the church's making, the 'still worships' that's the descendants kept.

The file keeps Pilgrim: the Northerner's cargo, the chosen name, the three-way split, and Minnesota's first.

Pilgrim Baptist is the archive's Minnesota file — the church the fugitives founded.