Robert S. Laws

Robert S. Laws
Born
Robert S. Laws

c. 1837
Middlesex County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 1903 (aged 65–66)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education
  • Wayland Theological Seminary
  • Howard University
OccupationPastor
SpousePatsey Williams Laws (m. 1866)

Rev. Dr. Robert Simon Laws, a formerly enslaved person and Howard University graduate, founded two African American Baptist churches in the 19th century that have active congregations in the 21st century.

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