Clarke, Erskine, 1941-
By the rivers of water : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Erskine Clarke. - 1 online resource (489 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Starting places. A slave's world -- Many mansions -- A Black River home -- A place seen from afar. 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." 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." Homeward journey. An unsought and unexpected appointment -- A patriot's choice -- Civil war -- Home ground -- Distant voices. Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV,
9780465037698 (e-book)
Wilson, J. Leighton 1809-1886.
Wilson, Jane Bayard, 1809-1885.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--Gabon.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--Liberia.
Grebo (African people)--Missions.
Missionaries--Gabon--Biography.
Missionaries--Liberia--Biography.
Missionaries--United States--Biography.
Mpongwe (African people)--Missions.
Electronic books.
BV3625.L6 / W554 2013eb
266.51092
By the rivers of water : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Erskine Clarke. - 1 online resource (489 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Starting places. A slave's world -- Many mansions -- A Black River home -- A place seen from afar. 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." 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." Homeward journey. An unsought and unexpected appointment -- A patriot's choice -- Civil war -- Home ground -- Distant voices. Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV,
9780465037698 (e-book)
Wilson, J. Leighton 1809-1886.
Wilson, Jane Bayard, 1809-1885.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--Gabon.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--Liberia.
Grebo (African people)--Missions.
Missionaries--Gabon--Biography.
Missionaries--Liberia--Biography.
Missionaries--United States--Biography.
Mpongwe (African people)--Missions.
Electronic books.
BV3625.L6 / W554 2013eb
266.51092