Extracts from the Journal of Rev. William Davies, 1st, when a missionary at Sierra Leone, Western Africa;

DAVIES Rev. William ([1835].)

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FIRST WELSH MISSIONARY IN SIERRA LEONE

containing some account of the country - its inhabitants - the progress of religion among the negroes-manner of government - state of the weather &c...

First edition. 8vo. A very good copy in later cloth. ii, 78pp. Llanidloes [Wales], Wesleyan Printing Office,

Davies was the first Welshman to serve as a missionary in Sierra Leone, where he established a school for the native children. Ill health forced him to return home, nearly three years to the day of his arrival in February 1818, yet he maintained an active role producing books for the Sierra Leone mission. These extracts from his journal include much information on his activities and life at the mission, there is also a tender account of his wife who passed away in Sierra Leone.

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