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Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915 An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09947 Author/Creator: Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915 Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Book Date: 1893 Pagination: 1 v. 506 p. ; Order a Copy

One book entitled An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith published 1893. This book is broken into thirty six chapters and details Smith's life as a free woman after her father bought the freedom of his family during her childhood. She also details her marriages and work with the Holiness Church through which she became the first black woman to work as an international evangelist in 1878.

Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915

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