Amanda Smith was an American Methodist preacher and former slave who funded the Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children in Harvey, Illinois. She was a leader in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, preaching the doctrine of entire sanctification throughout Methodist camp meetings across the world.
- Occupation
- missionary, evangelist, writer, journalist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 23, 1837
- Died
- February 24, 1915