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Lucy Coles
Born 1865
United States
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Lucy Ann Henry Coles (born 1865) was an American missionary who travelled to Liberia with her husband John J. Coles. She was one of the first black women missionaries in Africa. She also served as president of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention after her husband's death.
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