| Description |
xxii, 450 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-434) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I, Starting places. A slave's world -- Many mansions -- A Black River home -- A place seen from afar. Part II, Journey to a West African cape. Testing the waters -- Fair hope among the Grebo -- Beneath an African sky -- Sorrows and conflicts -- The bitter cost of freedom -- Exploring strange worlds -- The conversion of William Davis (Mworeh Mah) -- Rose-tinted glasses -- "The liberty of choosing for themselves." Part III, Life among the Mpongwe. Toko and the waterwitch -- A sophisticated, hospitable, and heathen people -- Rainforest lessons -- The French : "the most dishonest and shameless people" -- Home visit -- "He worships with sincere devotion the customs of his ancestors." Part IV, Homeward journey. An unsought and unexpected appointment -- A patriot's choice -- Civil war -- Home ground -- Distant voices. |
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Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886.
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Wilson, Jane Bayard, 1809-1885.
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Missionaries -- Liberia -- Biography.
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Missionaries -- Gabon -- Biography.
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Missionaries -- United States -- Biography.
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Presbyterian Church in the U.S. -- Missions -- Liberia.
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Presbyterian Church in the U.S. -- Missions -- Gabon.
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Grebo (African people) -- Missions.
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Mpongwe (African people) -- Missions.
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| ISBN |
9780465002726 hardcover |
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0465002722 hardcover |
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