Central Africa: Adventures and Missionary Labors in Several Countries in the Interior of Africa, from 1849 to 1856
Thomas Jefferson Bowen [1814-1875]
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Book Description
Title:
Central Africa: Adventures and Missionary Labors in Several Countries in the Interior of Africa, from 1849 to 1856
Author:
Thomas Jefferson Bowen [1814-1875]
Publication Year:
1857
Location:
Charleston
Publisher:
Southern Baptist Publication Society
Pages:
350
Subjects:
Christian Mission, Africa, Thomas Jefferson Bowen
Copyright Holder:
Public domain
Contents
Preface
Note
A Brief Review of African Exploration and Missions
Monrovia and the Liberians
Native Tribes in Liberia
Soil, Farms, and Productions of Liberia
Future Prospects of Liberia
Travels in the Country of the Golahs, in 1850
Voyage from Monrovia to Badagry, in 1850
Badagry and the Slave Coast
Abbeokuta and the Egbas
Breaking Up of the Slave Trade
An attempt to Pass Through Iketu, in 1850
Incidents at Abbeokuta, in 1851
Visit to Iketu, in 1851
Visit to Bi-Olorrun-Pellu, in February, 1852
Visit to Awaye, Oke-Efo and Ijaye, in 1852
Beginning of the Yoruba Mission
Visits to Ilorrin 1855
A Journey from Yoruba to Sierra Leone, in 1856
Geography of Yoruba
Seasons and Climate
Geology, Plants and Animals of Yoruba
Ethnological Facts and Traditions
Physical, Intellectual, and Moral Characteristics of the Sudanese