The Life and Letters of Philip Quaque, the First African Anglican Missionary

Book Overview

This is the first edition of the correspondence of Philip Quaque, a prolific writer of African descent whose letters provide a unique perspective on the effects of the slave trade and its abolition in Africa.

Born around 1740 at Cape Coast, in what is now Ghana, Quaque was brought to England by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. In 1765 he became the first African ordained as an Anglican priest. He returned to Africa and served...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820343099
• ISBN13: 9780820343099
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"