Twenty-nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa: A Review of Missionary Work and Adventure 1829-1858

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Routledge, Nov 12, 2012 - History - 728 pages
First published in 1970. This vivid account of the missionary work of the Rev. Hope Masterton Waddell in the West Indies and Central Africa was first published in 1863. During his sixteen years in Jamaica he witnessed the slave revolt and the aftermath of the abolition of slavery. The mission helped former slaves adapt to freedom in new communities. In 1846 he left Jamaica for Calabar in West Africa (now part of Nigeria), and his narrative is one of the best European accounts of pre-colonial Africa. The mission was concerned with ending local practices such as polygamy, human sacrifice and witchcraft, and Waddell formed a close relationship with King Eyo. The book gives considerable detail about the history and culture of the area, as well as on the work of the mission. His work in Calabar is still commemorated there in the Hope Waddell Training Institute, Duke Town.
 

Contents

Chapter I
15
Chapter II
30
Chapter III
50
Chapter IV
70
Chapter V
91
Chapter VI
109
Chapter VII
125
Chapter VIII
144
Chapter XIX
359
Chapter XX
384
Chapter XXI
407
Chapter XXII
427
Chapter XXIII
444
Chapter XXIV
462
Chapter XXV
480
Chapter XXVI
496

Chapter IX
179
Chapter X
206
Chapter XI
225
Chapter XII
228
Chapter XIII
241
Chapter XIV
268
Chapter XV
296
Chapter XVI
309
Chapter XVII
322
Chapter XVIII
336
Chapter XXVII
509
Chapter XXVIII
525
Chapter XXIX
549
Chapter XXX
576
Chapter XXXI
600
Chapter XXXII
620
Chapter XXXIII
642
Appendix
661
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