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Dandeson Coates Crowther was the youngest son of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who was the first African [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] Bishop in [[Nigeria]].<ref name=":1" /> His father, Archbishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, was born in 1807 in Osogun, [[Yorubaland]], Nigeria.<ref name=":3">"Samuel Ajayi Crowther | Slavery and Remembrance". ''slaveryandremembrance.org''.</ref> He was enslaved at 13 years old and traded to Portuguese slave ships.<ref name=":3" /> After [[Great Britain]] abolished the slave trade in 1807, Royal Navy patrols stopped Ajayi's captive ship in April 1822, transporting these newly freedmen to [[Freetown]], Sierra Leone.<ref name=":3" /> He was converted to the Anglican Church and adopted the name Crowther.<ref name=":3" /> Dandeson Crowther, born in 1844, was the youngest of his children.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

Before passing away in 1938, Crowther was involved in the Delta Revolt and often fought for Africans to run their continent without the sole reliance on Europeans.<ref name=":0" /> The Niger Delta separated from the Christian Missionary Society after Crowther advocated for a self-governing African church, establishing the Niger Delta Pastorate in 1892.<ref name=":1" /> To carry out this mission, he often dabbled in translating work. He translated the [[Book of Common Prayer|Anglican Book of Common Prayer]], "Dusk to Dusk," into [[Igbo language|Igbo]], a language of [[Igboland|southeastern Nigeria]]. He also translated a portion of the book of [[Jeremiah]] of The [[Bible]] into [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], a language of [[South West (Nigeria)|southwestern Nigeria]].<ref name=":2" /> Following in the footsteps of his father, who translated The Bible and The Book of Common Prayer into Yoruba,<ref name=":3" /> Dandeson Coates Crowther, worked to keep Africans as involved with the Church as possible, while maintaining autonomy and freedom.{{fact|date=January 2024}}