a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey Clarke, Erskine 1941- creator author. text biography nyu 2013 monographic eng

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xxii, 450 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm 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. Erskine Clarke. Includes index. n-us--- f------ f-lb--- f-go--- Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton) 1809-1886 Wilson, Jane Bayard 1809-1885 Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Missions Liberia Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Missions Gabon Missionaries Liberia Biography Missionaries Gabon Biography Missionaries United States Biography Grebo (African people) Missions Mpongwe (African people) Missions BV3625.L6 W554 2013 266.51092 9780465002726 (hardcover) 0465002722 (hardcover) 2013021385 IEN/DLC 130525 20190502000645.0 17754698 eng