THE CAROLINE COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
After twenty-five years of experience in group organization,
through the church and Sunday school, and after a few of the
younger coloured people had received training in Hampton and
Petersburg, another organization was effected which was destined
to play a larger part in the developing life of the colored people
than any other institution in the county, save the church. This
was the Caroline Sunday School Union, which was formed in
1893 under the leadership of Rev. W. J. (?) Turner. The purpose
of the organization was to bring the scattered groups of young
colored people together to study the Sunday school lessons
together and to better prepare this selected group for Christian
leadership. Little progress was made prior to 1896, there being
at that date only $3.36 in the treasury and only two Sunday
schools holding on to the Union. Under the care of Rev. R. W.
Young, who took charge of the Union in 1896, a period of growth
ensued and in six years, twelve new organizations were added
and property valued at five hundred dollars was acquired.
