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"Mary Slessor and her family", Calabar, late 19th century
Mary Slessor pictured with a group, mainly of children, of varying age. One small child sits on Mary Slessor's knee in the centre of the picture. Some of the children are dressed in brightly coloured clothes.; Mary Slessor was a Scottish missionary known for her work in Africa where she successfully fought against a number of issues including the killing of twins at infancy. Mary adopted many abandoned children, most notably twin babies and the children of slaves.
Photographer: Unknown
Subject (personal name): Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915
Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-019.tif
Coverage date: before 1915
Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1292.url
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): Nigeria
Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Geographic subject (continent): Africa
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Mary Slessor LS2
Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Adopted children; Religion
Date created: circa 1880
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): group portraits
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m68162
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/19
Date circa 1880
date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64415
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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