Black Livingstone A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo

Name: Black Livingstone A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo
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ISBN: 9780142001769

ISBN-10: 0142001767

ISBN-13: 9780142001769

Edition: N/A

Authors: Pagan Kennedy

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n 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 Livingstoneis the untold story of this extraordinary historical figure, a remarkable man who personified the adventure…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English