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Black Livingstone : a true tale of adventure in the Nineteenth Century Congo / Pagan Kennedy.
Van Pelt Library BV3625.C63 S544 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Pagan, 1962-
- Series:
- Pagan kennedy project.
- Pagan kennedy project
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
- Sheppard, William H.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
- African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
- African American missionaries.
- Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- African American Presbyterians.
- Presbyterians.
- Missions.
- History.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- African American Presbyterians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
- Presbyterians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Biography.
- African American missionaries--Biography.
- Missionaries--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- African American Presbyterians--Biography.
- Presbyterians--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 225 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe, New Mexico : Santa Fe Writer's Project, 2013.
- Summary:
- "A largely untold story of an extraordinary historical figure, this biography sheds light on the life of William Sheppard, a 19th-century African American who, for more than 20 years, defied segregation and operated a missionary run by black Americans in the Belgian Congo. This work shows how Sheppard returned to United States periodically, and traveled the country telling tales of his adventures to packed auditoriums. An anthropologist, photographer, big-game hunter, and art collector, the man billed as the "Black Livingstone" helped expose the atrocities that occurred under the reign of King Leopold, and this stirring work tells how he eventually helped to break Belgium's hold on the Congo"-- Provided by publisher.
- "In 1890, a twenty-four-year-old African American missionary named William Henry Sheppard departed for what was then the Belgian Congo, where for more than twenty years he ran a mission staffed by black Americans. Returning to America periodically, he was billed as the "Black Livingstone" and traveled the country telling tales of his adventures to packed auditoriums. An anthropologist, photographer, big-game hunter, and art collector, he helped expose the atrocities that occurred under the reign of King Leopold, eventually helping to break Belgium's hold on the Congo. "Black Livingstone" is the untold story of this extraordinary historical figure, a remarkable man who personified the adventure and ambiguities of his time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I Into the Forbidden Kingdom
- Chapter 1 "When I Grow Up I Shall Go There" 17
- Chapter 2 The Silk Top Hat 33
- Chapter 3 Thirty-six Hippos 45
- Chapter 4 Unraveling Rivers 59
- Chapter 5 Choosing the Kuba 72
- Chapter 6 Becoming Bope Mekabe 92
- Part II The Poison Cup
- Chapter 7 The Wedding Dress in the Coffin 113
- Chapter 8 A Basket of Hands 135
- Chapter 9 To Tell the World 156
- Chapter 10 Rubber Harvest 173
- Chapter 11 The Trial 184
- Chapter 12 The Children's Friend 194.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213).
- ISBN:
- 0988225263
- 9780988225268
- 9780988225251
- 0988225255
- 9780988225244
- 0988225247
- OCLC:
- 829764371
- Publisher Number:
- 99963115737
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