Black Livingstone
a true tale of adventure in the nineteenth-century Congo
by Pagan Kennedy
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"The Belgian Congo at the turn of the century was the world of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and a brutal time in African history, when European companies were slaughtering the Congolese in an effort to harvest the rubber needed for telegraph and electrical cables. William Sheppard was there to record the atrocities and to help pioneer a worldwide civil rights movement on behalf of the Congolese people.".
"Sheppard, an African American, was born in Virginia only days before the end of the Civil War. After graduating from the night school of the Hampton Institute, he went on to study theology at the Tuscaloosa Theological Institute, now Stillman College, where he received his graduate degree. Shortly afterward, he requested a mission in Africa, which was denied him until a suitable white man could be found to accompany him.".
"In 1890, at the age of twenty-four, Sheppard departed for what was then the Belgian Congo with Samuel Lapsley, a white man who had grown up on a plantation and was the son of a prominent Alabama judge. Lapsley died of fever barely a year later, but Sheppard remained for more than twenty years, running a mission in Africa staffed by black Americans.".
"By modern standards he was an impressive man - at the turn of the century he was extraordinary. This is the first account of his remarkable life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Missionaries, Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Presbyterians, African American Presbyterians, African American missionaries, Biography, History, Missie, Ontdekkingsreizen, Mission, Presbyterian church (u.s.a.)., missions, African americans, biography, Missionaries, biography, Congo (democratic republic), historyShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Black Livingstone: a true tale of adventure in the Nineteenth Century Congo
2013, Santa Fe Writer's Project
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0988225263 9780988225268
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Black Livingstone: a true tale of adventure in the nineteenth-century Congo
2002, Viking
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0670030368 9780670030361
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.
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"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"--
"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"--
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