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By the rivers of water [a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey

Wilson, J. Leighton Wilson, Jane Bayard Presbyterian Church in the U.S.- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.- Grebo (African people)- Missionaries- Missionaries- Missionaries- Mpongwe (African people)-

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monografia Rebiun17939261 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun17939261 130525s2013 nyu ob 001 0ceng d 9780465002726 hardcover) 9780465037698 e-book) CaPaEBR. eng. rda. pn. CaPaEBR. UMA.RE Clarke, Erskine 1941-) By the rivers of water Recurso electrónico] a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey Erskine Clarke 1 online resource (489 pages) 1 online resource (489 pages) E-Libro Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references and index 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 Print version Clarke, Erskine. By the rivers of water : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey. New York : Basic Books, 2013 xxii, 450 pages,. 9780465002726 (DLC) 2013021385 Modo de acceso: World Wide Web E-Libro Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton) 1809-1886 Wilson, Jane Bayard 1809-1885 Presbyterian Church in the U.S.- Missions- Gabón Presbyterian Church in the U.S.- Missions- Liberia Grebo (African people)- Missions Missionaries- Gabón- Biography Missionaries- Liberia- Biography Missionaries- United States- Biography Mpongwe (African people)- Missions E-Libro (Servicio en línea)

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By the rivers of water [ Recurso electrónico] : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Erskine Clarke

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1 online resource (489 pages)

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E-Libro

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Description based on print version record

Bibliografía:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contenido:

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

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Print version: Clarke, Erskine. : By the rivers of water : a nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey. New York : Basic Books, 2013 xxii, 450 pages,. 9780465002726 (DLC) 2013021385

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Modo de acceso: World Wide Web

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9780465002726 ( hardcover)

9780465037698 ( e-book)