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Title: Mary Slessor


1
Mary Slessor
  • Its the person on the money. The one we thought
    was a guy

2
Who is she
  • Born 2nd December 1848 in Aberdeen
  • Father was alcoholic
  • Moved to Dundee when she was 11
  • She's a big Christian
  • Worked in Jute mill when she was young
  • She was a missionary
  • She ran a Sunday school when she turned old
  • She is the face of the ten pound note

3
What she did
  • Mary Slessor went to live among the efik people
    in Calabar in present day Nigeria. There she
    successfully fought against the killing of twins
    at infancy. She died there in 1915 and was given
    a state burial.
  • She also ran a Sunday school in

4
The end
  • Thank you Mary Slessor
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