Memoir of the Late Hannah Kilham
Chiefly Compiled from her Journal, and Edited by her Daughter-in-Law, Sarah Biller

This memoir traces Hannah Kilham's involvement in philanthropic, educational and missionary work with women in Britain, Ireland and West Africa.

Hannah Kilham (Author), Sarah Biller (Edited by)

9781108014908, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 June 2010

524 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg

This memoir, compiled from the journals of Hannah Kilham, traces the life of this remarkable woman (1774–1832). It was prepared for publication in 1837 by her stepdaughter, Sarah Biller, who emphasises those aspects of her stepmother's life that support the representation of her as an independent and pioneering women in order to make further claims for women. In 1796 Hannah Kilham joined the Society of Methodists and became an advocate for the poor, for exploited children and for Irish immigrants. She voyaged to Sierra Leone wishing to bring Christianity to its inhabitants and on her third visit to the country she established a school there. Hannah Kilham fought for the rights of slaves and former slaves and against the practices of colonialism and colonial trade. She also produced textbooks for the study of African languages and established herself as a politically astute chronicler of missionary and educational activities.

Preface
1. Early life
2. Extracts from the correspondence which passed between Alexander Kilham and Hannah Spurr previous to their marriage
3. Her marriage with Alexander Kilham
4. Hannah Kilham joins the Society of Friends
5. Her prospects of visiting Africa
6. Joins the British and Irish Ladies' Society, and undertakes in its behalf a visit to Ireland
7. Her first voyage to Africa
8. Visits Sierra-Leone
9. Departure from Sierra-Leone
10. Returns to England
11. Her labours for ameliorating the condition of the poor in St. Giles's
12. Her second voyage to Africa
13. Her third voyage to Africa
14. Her continued exertions on behalf of the liberated African children
15. Receives fifty-six children from the Church Missionary School, which is relinquised - Death
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]