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Resource Bank Contents. George Liele was the first black Baptist in Georgia, and the first black Baptist churches in American resulted from his evangelism.Liele was born in Virginia in 1752, but lived much of his life as a slave in Georgia.
George Leile. GEORGE LEILE. (1752-1825). George Liele was the first black Baptist in Georgia, and the first black Baptist churches in America resulted from his evangelism and the first American missionary. George Liele. Liele was born in Virginia in 1752, but lived much of his life as a slave in Georgia. He was converted and baptized by Matthew Moore, an ordained Baptist minister. When Liele felt the call to preach, he was encouraged by his master, Henry Sharp, a Baptist deacon and a Loyalist.