John Carter Brewton

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In 1904 John Carter Brewton, a Baptist pastor, cofounded the Union Baptist Institute in Montgomery County to provide elementary and secondary Christian education to children in south Georgia. The school later became Brewton-Parker College, a four-year liberal arts college.

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John Carter Brewton

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