[Slessor, Mary Mitchell] Livingstone, W.P.

Mary Slessor of Calabar – Pioneer Missionary.

Ninth Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 347 pages. 12 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine and front board with small pictoral. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

Includes, for example, the following: Life in the Harem / The Power of Witchcraft / War in the Gates / The Blood Covenant / Clothed by Faith / A Slave-Girl’s Triumph / Scotland: The Last Farewell etc

Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, the local language, then began teaching. Because of her understanding of the native language and her bold personality Slessor gained the trust and acceptance of the locals and was able to spread Christianity while promoting women’s rights and protecting native children. She is most famous for having stopped the common practice of infanticide of twins among the Ibibio people, an ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120173AB

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