Amanda Berry Smith

CTL-E-3038 · Person · clergy · 1837-1915

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Methodist Holiness evangelist and international missionary (born into slavery, 1837) who founded the Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home in Harvey, Illinois, in 1899.

Notes

RELP70 new entity (2026-10-06): +10 claims, +10 evidence, +2 relationships touching. Provisional; death-month varies across sources (see CTL-CFL-001821).

Relationships

Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children — founded
Amanda Berry Smith founded the Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children in Harvey, Illinois.

Referenced by

Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children — founded by → this record

Sources

SMU Bridwell Library - Amanda Berry Smith exhibit (Fifty Women)
UNC Documenting the American South - Amanda Smith autobiography summary
BlackPast - Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915)

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