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A biography of the Victorian missionary Mary Slessor, assessing her public and private lives from her own writings and other contemporary sources.
This is the story of Mary Slessor, a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee who became one of the most influencing people in the land known to her compatriots as 'the white man's grave'. Despite her eccentricities, this woman truly understood and connected with the Africans among whom she lived, so much so that the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Examining both the era and the influence of this extraordinary woman, the book reveals aspects of her public and private life that has previously been unanswered.
This is the story of Mary Slessor, a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee who became one of the most influencing people in the land known to her compatriots as 'the white man's grave'. Despite her eccentricities, this woman truly understood and connected with the Africans among whom she lived, so much so that the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Examining both the era and the influence of this extraordinary woman, the book reveals aspects of her public and private life that has previously been unanswered.
Price: $39.95
Pages: 382
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
25 March 2010
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780718891855
Format: Paperback
Foreword
Introduction
Prologue
Part I: Preparing and Going - 1848-1879
Early Influences
Duke Town
Part II: Branching Out - 1879-1890
Old Town--Too Busy
A Long Pause--Creek Town
Marsh Fever and Other Afflictions
Opening a Territory
Part III: New Possibilities - 1890-1900
Escapades and Romance
Hopes and Disappointments
British Imperial Agents
Visitors and Empire
Part IV: Queen Mary - 1900-1909; Bairns
Long Juju; A New Man and New Work
Court and Furlough
Disagreements In and Out of Court
Part V: A Life Spent - 1909-1915
Faith Matters
Ikpe and Nkana
Rest and Honor
Part VI: A Legacy - 1915 and Later; Endings
Remembrance
Epilogue: African Mission to Liverpool
Acknowledgements
Author's Notes
Mary Slessor and Mission Chronology Highlights
Appendix
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Prologue
Part I: Preparing and Going - 1848-1879
Early Influences
Duke Town
Part II: Branching Out - 1879-1890
Old Town--Too Busy
A Long Pause--Creek Town
Marsh Fever and Other Afflictions
Opening a Territory
Part III: New Possibilities - 1890-1900
Escapades and Romance
Hopes and Disappointments
British Imperial Agents
Visitors and Empire
Part IV: Queen Mary - 1900-1909; Bairns
Long Juju; A New Man and New Work
Court and Furlough
Disagreements In and Out of Court
Part V: A Life Spent - 1909-1915
Faith Matters
Ikpe and Nkana
Rest and Honor
Part VI: A Legacy - 1915 and Later; Endings
Remembrance
Epilogue: African Mission to Liverpool
Acknowledgements
Author's Notes
Mary Slessor and Mission Chronology Highlights
Appendix
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index