Mary Slessor pictured with a group, mainly of children, of varying age. One small child sits on Mary Slessor's knee in the centre of the picture. Some of the children are dressed in brightly coloured clothes. Mary Slessor was a Scottish missionary known for her work in Africa where she successfully fought against a number of issues including the killing of twins at infancy. Mary adopted many abandoned children, most notably twin babies and the children of slaves.
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