George Lisle (1750-1820) was an emancipated slave from Virginia who became Pastor of the first Black Baptist church in America, and the first Baptist missionary in Jamaica. George Lisle was one of several thousand slaves who had to leave America with their masters, when their masters chose to emigrate as a result of the American War of Independence 1775-1783. He became emancipated and preached on the racecourse at kingston, Jamaica, … Wikipedia
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