The life and letters of Philip Quaque, the first African Anglican missionary
By: edited by Vincent Carretta and Ty M. Reese.
Contributors: Carretta, Vincent.; Reese, Ty M.
Series: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780820333199
Subjects: Quaque, Philip, -- ca. 1741-1816 -- Correspondence; Missionaries -- Ghana -- Correspondence; Christians, Black -- Ghana -- Correspondence; Church of England -- Clergy -- Correspondence; Slave-trade -- Ghana
Genres: Correspondence
Description: 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 for fifty years as the society’s missionary and also as chaplain to the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa (CMTA) at Cape Coast Castle, the principal slave-trading site of the CMTA. Quaque sent more than fifty letters to London and North America reporting on his successes and failures, his relationships with European and African authorities, and his observations on the effects of the American and French revolutions on Africa. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.