Amanda Smith - Wikipedia
WEBAmanda Smith (née Berry; January 23, 1837 – February 24, 1915) [1] was an American Methodist preacher and former slave who funded the former Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children outside Chicago.
Amanda Smith | Evangelist, Missionary & Abolitionist | Britannica
WEBAmanda Smith was an American evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for African-American girls. Born a slave, Berry grew up in York county, Pa., after her father bought his own freedom and that of most of the family.
Amanda Smith - History's Women
WEBAs she grieved Amanda found great comfort in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church and became acquainted with Phoebe Palmer, a white woman connected with the Wesleyan Holiness branch of the church. Then in 1868 Amanda believed she had attained a new Spiritual level of perfection called sanctification.
Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915) - Blackpast
WEBJan 18, 2007 · Amanda Berry Smith was a Methodist holiness evangelist, missionary to Africa and founder of an orphanage for African American children. Amanda was born into slavery on January 23, 1837 in Long Green, Maryland to parents Samuel Berry and Miriam Matthews Berry, while they were held on adjacent farms.
Heroes of the Faith: Amanda Smith | Christian Learning & News
WEBApr 12, 2021 · The life of Amanda Smith was extraordinary: she travelled from being a black slave to becoming the first international woman evangelist. Amanda was born in 1837 in the American state of Maryland, the first of 13 children.
The black slave who became the first international woman evangelist
WEBSep 2, 2021 · The life of Amanda Smith was extraordinary: she travelled from being a black slave to becoming the first international woman evangelist. Amanda was born in 1837 in the American state of Maryland, the first of 13 children.
Amanda Smith, Missionary born - African American Registry
WEBShe was a Black evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for Black girls. Born a slave in Long Green, Md., she grew up in York County, Pennsylvania, after her father bought the freedom of most of the family. Smith was educated mainly at home and began working as a domestic.
Freed for Evangelism: The Story of Former Slave Amanda Berry Smith
WEBMar 26, 2014 · God used Amanda Berry Smith in mighty ways. After returning home, she joined the Women's Temperance Movement in Chicago. She wrote her autobiography and started an orphanage for African...
Smith, Amanda [Berry] (1837-1915) | History of Missiology
WEBShe was honored by African Americans and whites alike. Smith spent her last years caring for needy African American children at her orphanage in Harvey, Illinois; she was also connected to the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of …
WEBShe was the most widely known of the nineteenth century's black women itinerant preachers. In 1878 Smith felt called to England, Ireland, and Scotland to participate in temperance revivals and Holiness conventions. After traveling on the European continent in 1879, she proceeded overland to India.