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Lott Cary, the colonizing missionary

by Miles Mark Fisher

African American missionariesBiographyAfrican American BaptistsClergyMissionsBaptistsAfrican AmericansColonization

In this 1922 article for the Journal of Negro History, Fisher writes of Lott Cary (1780-1828), the first American Baptist missionary in Africa. Beginning with a description of Cary's early life, and continuing with the difficulties he overcame to start his mission, Fisher devotes much of the article to documenting Cary's struggles in Africa.

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Book data: Open Library