{"product_id":"journal-of-various-visits-to-the-kingdoms-of-ashanti-aku-and-dahomi-in-western-africa-paperback-9781108023306","title":"Journal of Various Visits to the Kingdoms of Ashanti, Aku, and Dahomi, in Western Africa (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108023306","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJournal of Various Visits to the Kingdoms of Ashanti, Aku, and Dahomi, in Western Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe progress of a Methodist missionary in the territories of the Ashanti and the kingdom of Dahomey in the 1840s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Birch Freeman (Author), John Beecham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108023306, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMethodist missionary Thomas Birch Freeman (1809–1890) was one of the most successful missionaries of his day, founding churches in Nigeria and the Gold Coast. The son of an African father and English mother, he possessed great diplomatic skills in dealing with colonial administrators and native rulers, and Methodist churches spread rapidly using literate converts as lay preachers, particularly among freed and repatriated slaves. His resignation was caused by financial problems due to poor accounting. His Journal was serialised in a Methodist periodical between 1840 and 1843, published as a book in 1843, and revised the following year. His attempts to get the slave trade and the practice of human sacrifice abolished in Dahomey were frustrated, but he was much more successful in founding missions. The book is a fascinating picture of life in West Africa in the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e First Journal: 1. Object of the journey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Appetite for blood\u003cbr\u003e 3. Journey to Ashanti resumed\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bantama\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Second Journal: 1. Departs from Cape Coast for Kumasi\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fomunah\u003cbr\u003e 3. Preparations for entering Kumasi\u003cbr\u003e 4. Entertainment given by the King of Ashanti to the strangers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Visit to Jabin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conversation respecting the establishment of a school at Kumasi\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Third Journal: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mr. Freeman departs for the interior\u003cbr\u003e 3. First religious service at Abokuta, attended by Sodaka, the King\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mr. Freeman embarks for Whydah\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mr. Freeman departs from Whydah to visit the King of Dahomi\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mr. Freeman visits Abomi, the capital of Dahomi\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Church history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Church history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Church%20history%20%5BHRCC2%5D%22\"\u003eHRCC2\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005570765080,"sku":"9781108023306","price":26.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108023306i.jpg?v=1694869739","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/journal-of-various-visits-to-the-kingdoms-of-ashanti-aku-and-dahomi-in-western-africa-paperback-9781108023306","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}