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Anne Marie Becraft

1805–1833

United States

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Anne Marie Becraft, also known as Sister Aloysius, O.S.P. (1805 – December 16, 1833) was an African American educator and Religious Sister. Around 1820, she established a school for black girls in Washington, D.C., and later joined the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

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