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Born in St. Kitts in 1875, Emma Francis was the daughter of a Moravian minister. After the death of her mother, she felt a call to missionary work. Francis moved to Germany to study at Bible House. When she finished her missionary education, Bible House’s board considered placing her as a missionary in Sudan, but decided that she would not …
Daniel Alexander Payne was the first African American to attend a Lutheran seminary. Born to free African Americans in Charleston, SC in 1811, Payne wished to provide education to the enslaved. Slave codes enacted following slave revolts made it illegal to teach slaves, so Payne moved north to Pennsylvania. In 1835, Payne accepted a scholarship specifically intended for an African …
