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(AFRICA—TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION.) SMITH, C.S.
Glimpses of
Africa, West and Southwest Coast. Containing the Author’s Impressions and
Observations during a Voyage of Six Thousand Miles from Sierra Leone to St
Paul de Loanda, and Return. Introduction by Bishop H.M. Turner.
Copiously
illustrated. 8vo, original smooth blue cloth, stamped in gilt on the upper cover and spine;
some light mottling to the rear cover, binding slightly sloped.
Nashville: A.M.E. Publishing House, 1895
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SCARCE NARRATIVE OF AFRICANTRAVEL BY AN AFRICAN
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AMERICAN
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”The Negro, Colored
Man, Afro-American, or whatever name the reader may prefer, is not sitting idly by, while the
mighty host of meritorious men in the arena of the various professions and beneficial industries
are ascending the hills in quest of the summit of distinction.” [From BishopTurner’s Introduction.]
Smith said he went to Africa “First, to gratify a long-cherished desire to see that country. Second,
to see what the European is doing there.Third, to see what the African himself is doing. Fourth,
to gain knowledge of the operations of missionary effort. Fifth, to study the effects of the climate
on the human condition. Sixth to see if there are any openings for the employment of the skill and
energy of intelligent and industrious young Americans of African descent.” Smith, who wanted
to see how the African-American might “help” his African brother, confesses at ChapterVII, that
there was really no need for help in any capacity. On the contrary, he comments “I confess to a
feeling of pleasurable disappointment when the fact dawned on me thatWest Africa could supply
a greater number of skilled craftsmen than for whom places could be obtained.”
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(AFRICA—SIERRA LEONE.) WILBERFORCE, DANIEL F.
Sherbro and
the Sherbros.A Native African’s Account of His Country and His People.
Portrait
frontispiece. 37 pages. Small 8vo, original printed tan wrappers.
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren, 1886
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FIRST EDITION OF AVERY UNUSUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE
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Daniel Flickinger
Wilberforce (1856-1927), a native African was born in Bonthe, Sherbro. He was named for
both the noted missionary that baptized him and the famous English abolitionist. He became
Paramount chief of the Imperi, the first Christian pastor to become a chief. He was educated
in the United States but returned to Sierra Leone to a post at Clark Theological School in
Shenge. As a chief Wilberforce became quite wealthy and managed to amass quite a bit of
land. He survived a number of political upheavals through his connections with the British
colonial office, and all was well until 1911 whenWilberforce and other chiefs were implicated
in a series of grisly cannibalistic murders connected to a secret society.Wilberforce himself was
arrested, and though not condemned, he was sent into exile. However, once more, through
powerful British friends he was allowed to return to Sherbro where he died in 1927
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