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1 online resource (468 pages) |
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Studies of Religion in Africa Ser |
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Studies of Religion in Africa Ser
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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; A Note on Terminology and Orthography; Dramatis Personae (1804-1826); Introduction; 1 The Beginning; 2 Three Life Stories; 3 Three Sets of Letters; 4 Enriching the Discourse; 5 Setting the Scene; 6 Women Travellers to West Africa; Sarah; Chapter 1 English Pioneer; 1 Clapham Governess; 2 Charmed Circle; 3 The Venn Household; 4 Trophies from Africa; 5 The German Connection; 6 Married in Haste ... ; Chapter 2 New Jerusalem; 1 Into the Unknown; 2 A Malevolent Beauty; 3 A New Home; 4 Survival; 5 The Rains; 6 Keeping School |
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Chapter 3 The Devil's Poste Restante1 The Social Landscape; 2 The Pot and the Kettle; 3 The Reluctant Governor; 4 Growing Troubles; 5 Widows' Feast; 6 News from Home; Chapter 4The Fall; 1 Sad Partings; 2 Banishment; 3 The Showdown; 4 Crisis; 5 Pariah; 6 Forlorn Hope; Chapter 5 Divine Providence; 1 The Prodigal Son; 2 Dilemmas; 3 Africa Once More; 4 The Reckoning; 5 Postscript; Elizabeth; Chapter 6 New Dawn; 1 A Historic Year; 2 A Tale of Two Families; 3 Province of Freedom; 4 Romantic Entanglements; 5 Crown's Agent; Chapter 7 Black Matriarch; 1 The Wild Frontier; 2 Harmony in Black and White |
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3 Crossing the Divide4 An Unusual Talent; 5 Arrivals and Departures; 6 Clash of Wills; Chapter 8 White Man's Book; 1 Beacon of Light; 2 Privilege and Patronage; 3 A Troubling Reality; 4 'A Total Want of Delicacy'; 5 The Fear of God; 6 Crème de la Crème; Chapter 9 Rio Pongas in Flames; 1 Blind Faith; 2 River of Flames; 3 'Mine Eyes are Weeping'; 4 More Bad News; 5 The Final Struggle; Chapter 10 Brave New World; 1 Retreat; 2 Decline and Fall; 3 Exile; 4 A Bitter Cup; 5 The Matriarch's Last Stand; 6 Last Words; Susanna; Chapter 11 Ties that Bind; 1 A Family Affair; 2 Troubling Portend |
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3 African Hinterland4 Kakara Tales; 5 Brotherly Love; 6 The Art of Contrariness; 7 The Gathering Storm; Chapter 12 Whistleblower; 1 'Tumbling from One Place to Another'; 2 The Bombshell; 3 'Sinks of Vice'; 4 Historical Amnesia; Chapter 13 Choppy Waters; 1 The Visit; 2 Disarray; 3 The Judgement; 4 'Those Painful Days are Past'; 5 Reversals; Chapter 14 The Great Survivor; 1 Providence Returns; 2 'That Beautiful Little Island'; 3 The Showdown; 4 Desperate Measures; 5 Hanging On; Epilogue; Appendices; Appendix 1 List of cms Missionary Women in West Africa 1804-1826 (in chronological order) |
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Appendix 2 Governors of Sierra Leone 1792-1827 (in chronological order)Appendix 3 Selection of Women's Letters from the CMS Archives; Appendix 4Two Letters from Liberated African Girls (1823-4); Bibliography; Archival Sources; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Missions, British -- History -- 19th century
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Missions, British -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 19th century
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Women missionaries -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
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Missions, British
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Women missionaries
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Sierra Leone
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004387447 |
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9004387447 |
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