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Emma Beard Delaney

1871–1922

United States

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Emma Beard Delaney (January 18, 1871 – October 7, 1922) was a Baptist missionary and teacher, one of the earliest African-American missionaries from USA who worked in Africa, specifically Liberia and the British Central Africa Protectorate (now Malawi).

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