'The World of Edward Bickersteth'

Privately published work on Edward Bickersteth and the WMMS mission in the Yoruba part of Nigeria in the mid C19th. Contains numerous illustration (mostly modern) as well as extracts from Bickersteth's journals and letters.


Order number: MMSL MSS 044
Date(s) of creation: May 2002
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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title 'The World of Edward Bickersteth'
scb_date_creation May 2002
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scb_admin_history Edward Bickersteth (?1812-?1862), a liberated enslaved person originally a member of the Egba people of Western Nigeria but raised in Sierra Leone. Served as a 'native agent' (indigenous teacher and lay pastor) for the WMMS in and around Abeokuta, Nigeria, from 1849 until 1862.
description Privately published work on Edward Bickersteth and the WMMS mission in the Yoruba part of Nigeria in the mid C19th. Contains numerous illustration (mostly modern) as well as extracts from Bickersteth's journals and letters.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by author
scb_use_restrictions No copying permitted
language English
language_search English
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