Samuel Crowther: The Slave Boy Who Became the Bishop of the Niger

by Jesse Page

Book Overview

This book is a biography of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a Yoruba boy who was captured by Fulani slave raiders and sold to Portuguese slave traders. Ajayi was about to be boarded on a slave-ship bound for the Americas when he was liberated by the British Navy. Britain had by this time banned the slave trade and was patrolling the West African coast. Ajayi was then sent to Sierra Leone to be cared for by the Anglican Church Missionary Society (CMS). Here,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085K8P319
• ISBN13: 9798622933950
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"