Betsey Stockton | |
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 Betsey Stockton, circa 1863 | |
| Born | c. 1798 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Died | October 24, 1865 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Resting place | Cooperstown, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Educator and Missionary |
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.[1]
- ^ Wilder, Craig Steven. Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing 2013, 143-44