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Lewis Garnett Jordan

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United States

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Lewis Garnett Jordan (uncertain-1834 or 1839) was a Black American Baptist missionary who rose from slavery to lead religious and civic organizations in the United States. Jordan traveled to Liberia, the West Indies, and Europe. He was enslaved as a child.

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