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Betsey Stockton

1798-00-00 – 1865-10-24

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Betsey Stockton was born in slavery c. 1798 in New Jersey. She traveled to Lahaina, Hawaii with Rev. C. S. Stewart in 1823 and worked as a teacher. She returned in 1825, and taught in Philadephia, Canada, and then Princeton, where she died in October 1865.Credit: Schreiber & Son

Life & Legacy

Betsey Stockton (c. 1798 – 1865), sometimes spelled Betsy Stockton, was an American educator and missionary. In her early life, she was an enslaved person, but was emancipated and became a Christian missionary in Hawaii.

Occupation & Career

missionary, teacher

Faith & Community

Presbyterianism

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Church

Presbyterianism

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  1. Wikidata population candidate Q4898233 — wikidata View source

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