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Category: Attraction
Camp Welfare A.M.E. Church
Phone: (803) 482-3501
City: Winnsboro
Region: Midlands
Camp Welfare A.M.E. Church
The church, like many in the South, was started after the Civil War as a brush arbor church. The annual religious and fellowship service or "camp meeting," is held in August.
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