Reclaiming the women of Britain's first mission to West Africa : three lives lost and found /

Reclaiming the Women of Britain's First Mission to Africa is the compelling story of three long-forgotten women, two white and one black, who lived, worked and died on the Church Missionary Society's first overseas mission at the dawn of the nineteenth century. It was a time of momentous h...

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Main Author: Leach, Fiona E. (Author)

Other Authors: Hartwig, Sarah, d.1815., Renner, Elizabeth, d. 1826., Klein, Susanna, d. 1825.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 47.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Call Number: BV2420

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Terminology and Orthography
  • Dramatis Personae (1804-1826)
  • Introduction
  • Sarah
  • English Pioneer
  • New Jerusalem
  • The Devil's Poste Restante
  • The Fall
  • Divine Providence
  • Elizabeth
  • New Dawn
  • Black Matriarch
  • White Man's Book
  • Rio Pongas in Flames
  • Brave New World
  • Susanna
  • Ties that Bind
  • Whistleblower
  • Choppy Waters
  • The Great Survivor
  • Epilogue
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.