num_pages: 264
description: A compelling account of William Henry Sheppard, an African-American missionary who traveled to the Belgian Congo in 1890 and became known as "Black Livingstone" due to his many lectures across the country detailing his adventures, reveals how he found the power to fight the persecution of Africans in the Congo, but not in his own country. Reprint.
language: English
title: Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo
titlecomplete: Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo
genres: History, Biography, Religion, Travel, Africa, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 96
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books