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The thrilling true-life story of how the famous Charleston, SC, church of St. Michael’s was saved from fire by the daring act of a slave.

"How He Saved St. Michael's" is a very old tale and the church which the negro slave saved from destruction is said to have been St. Philip's instead of St. Michael's, but the deed was so brave, that the story has lived for over a century, and will continue to live on.

A great fire was raging furiously in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Building after building had been destroyed, and gale winds carried sparks far and wide, spreading the destruction. The lofty spire of St. Philip's Episcopal Church caught fire almost two hundred feet above the ground, in an apparently inaccessible place, and the people in the streets below saw with dismay that one of their city's dearest possessions seemed about to be lost to them.

Risking his life a slave managed to save the church; as a reward was promptly given his freedom; and in his free life, he took the name Will Philip Lining.