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American Missionary Association  

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  • The American Missionary Association (AMA) was a leading interdenominational and abolitionist society organized in 1846. Most noteworthy was that its members founded and/or supported more than 245 churches and 500 institutions for primary, secondary-normal, and higher education and commissioned 45 ministers in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; American Missionary Association]

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