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St. Paul Camp Ground, also known as St. Paul A.M.E. Camp Ground, is a historic
African Methodist Episcopal The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. The African Methodist Episcopal ...
camp meeting and national
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located near Harleyville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings. It was established about 1880, and the buildings and grounds are used for one week each year. The tabernacle is a one-story building clad in rough-sawn weatherboard. Also on the property are 54 tents, two stores, and a storage house. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.


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Camp Welfare Camp Welfare is a historic African-American religious campground located near Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was founded after the American Civil War by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. It is a collection of approxi ...
: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Fairfield County, South Carolina *
Cattle Creek Campground Cattle Creek Campground, also known as Cattle Creek United Methodist Church and Campground, is a historic camp meeting ground that is now a national historic district located near Rowesville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. The district encomp ...
: United Methodist camp meeting ground in Orangeburg County, South Carolina * Cypress Camp Ground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina * Indian Fields Campground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina * Mount Carmel Campground: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Lancaster County, South Carolina


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