Research Catalog

Title

Missions in western Africa, among the Soosoos, Bulloms, & c : being the first undertaken by the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East / by the Rev. Samuel Abraham Walker.

Author

Walker, Samuel Abraham, 1809-1879

Publication

Dublin : W. Curry, Jun. and Co. ; London : Longmans, Brown, and Co., 1845.

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Details

Additional Authors

• William Curry, Jun. & Co., publisher.
• Longman, Brown & Co., publisher.
• Church Missionary Society.
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
• American Geographical Society of New York, former owner.

Description

xix, 572 pages : 1 map; 24 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subject

• Church Missionary Society
• Missions > Africa, West
• Missionaries > Africa, West
• Missions > Africa > History
• Slavery
• Slave trade > Africa > History
• Missionaries
• Missions
• Slave trade
• Africa
• West Africa

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "With an introduction, containing: I.A sketch of western Africa; with a description of the principal tribes inhabiting that coast. II. A brief history of the slave trade, to the present day. III. Some account of the early African churches. IV. A condensed survey of all the missionary exertions of modern times, in favor of Africa."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Provenance (note)

• With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.

Contents

"With an introduction, containing: I.A sketch of western Africa; with a description of the principal tribes inhabiting that coast. II. A brief history of the slave trade, to the present day. III. Some account of the early African churches. IV. A condensed survey of all the missionary exertions of modern times, in favor of Africa."

Call Number

Sc Rare 266-W (Walker, S. A. Missions in western Africa)

OCLC

25695873

Author

Walker, Samuel Abraham, 1809-1879, author.

Title

Missions in western Africa, among the Soosoos, Bulloms, & c : being the first undertaken by the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East / by the Rev. Samuel Abraham Walker.

Imprint

Dublin : W. Curry, Jun. and Co. ; London : Longmans, Brown, and Co., 1845.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 9, page 8123, column 1, row 3

Provenance

With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy includes accession no. E365080 in ink on several parts of the book. "August 8, 1945" -- G. K. Hall; one of the books added to the collection, when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. Imperfect: brittle, loose pages, lacks original cover, bound in library binding in a fades brick-red color cloth over boards and gold gilt spine. Currently, house in a tan protective portfolio.

Source

Copy in Sc Rare -266 W: Purchase; E365080. NN

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Local Subject

Bookplates (Provenance).

Place of Publication

Ireland Dublin.

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

William Curry, Jun. & Co., publisher.

Longman, Brown & Co., publisher.

Church Missionary Society.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.

American Geographical Society of New York, former owner.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Other Form:

Online version: Walker, Samuel Abraham. Missions in western Africa, among the Soosoos, Bulloms, &c. Dublin : W. Curry, Jun. and Company ; London : Longmans, Brown, and Co., 1845 (OCoLC)719410499

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 266-W (Walker, S. A. Missions in western Africa)

ZKVX (Walker, S.A. Missions in Western Africa)