George Liele Liele, or Leile, or George Sharp (1750–1820) was an African American and emancipated slave who became the founding pastor of the First African Baptist Church, in Savannah, Georgia (USA). He became the first American missionary, leaving in 1782 for Jamaica; this is thirty years before Adoniram Judson left for Burma. He became the first Baptist missionary in Jamaica.
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1750
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1820 (aged 69)
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