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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] 1st Ed. Autobiography of Black Missionary Amanda Smith

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Amanda Smith (1837-1915). An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith the Colored Evangelist. Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1893.

8vo. Engraved frontispiece with facsimile signature, plates. Original illustrated black cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.

Provenance: Rev. and Mrs. J. Milton Hinkle (laid in calling card); Mrs. Ed Scharff, Iowa (ownership inscription to front free endpaper); Mabel Blackstone (ownership inscription).

An excellent first edition autobiography of Amanda Smith (1837-1915), a Black woman born into enslavement who became a Methodist Preacher, and notably one of the first Black female missionaries in America, evangelizing in India, Liberia, and other areas of West Africa.

An insightful reflection on her life as a Black woman.

[Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks] [Books, Bibles, Soldiers' Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Memoirs] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation]

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] 1st Ed. Autobiography of Black Missionary Amanda Smith

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