In the 1830s and 1840s Black Bostonians were providing for the education and intellectual stimulation of their youth. The Juvenile Garrison Independent Society, mostly teenagers, provided Black history education for themselves and services for the community - sponsoring lectures, community fix-up and self-help activities and anti-slavery rallies. There were several youth choirs, like the Garrison Juvenile Choir, which performed its first concert in 1833 at the African Baptist Church.