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For some reason I'm thinking some of the old, puritan meeting houses (churches) in New England had pews (and pew boxes) that people had to pay to sit in. And I think owners had to pay for their slaves to sit in a pew.
For some reason I'm thinking some of the old, puritan meeting houses (churches) in New England had pews (and pew boxes) that people had to pay to sit in. And I think owners had to pay for their slaves to sit in a pew.
Anybody?
I'd be surprised if slaves were allowed in the same churches.
I'd be surprised if slaves were allowed in the same churches.
They were "allowed". In fact they were expected to go to the church of their owners. They had segregated pews. Lot of Catholic slaves owned by Irish in the South. A fictional example would be Mammy in Gone With The Wind.
My main question was about the New England meeting houses.
I have friends who attend temple in Seattle, they are assigned a time and seating. Logistics perhaps?
I can see the possibility of being assigned a time. It takes a couple of hours to go through a temple "session," and obviously there are seats for only a certain number of people. There are general several sessions throughout the day. Here are some pictures of what a room looks like inside the Rexburg, Idaho; Sacramento California; and THe Hague, Netherlands Temples:
As you can see, they're not typically very large. If people are coming from a long ways away, they might have to make a "reservation" to be part of a particular session, just so that they can plan for travel time, etc. and not end up making the trip for nothing or to have to sit around and wait for hours after they get there, for a chance to get in. You can see the aisle separating where the men and women sit, but as you can see, there would be little point in assigning seats beyond that. Also, the seats aren't numbered or anything, so I don't see how it would even be feasible.
I can see the possibility of being assigned a time. It takes a couple of hours to go through a temple "session," and obviously there are seats for only a certain number of people. There's one "session" after another all day long. You can see the aisle separating where the men and women sit, but as you can see, there would be little point in assigning seats beyond that. Also, the seats aren't numbered or anything, so I don't see how it would even be feasible.
Interesting pictures, thanks for posting them. I have no reason to question my friends on this, so we'll just leave it at that.
EDIT: For anyone who doesn't know what subletting is, it's when you take over someone else's lease. Like if there are two roommates and one moves out you can have a replacement roommate for the remainder of the lease and it's called a sublet. I didn't know what this was until I moved to new york lol.
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