Title: Saga of a slave
First published: 2001
Description: About the ex slave Jacobus Capitein who attended the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in the 18th century. He was ordained by the Netherlands Reformed Church and sent as a missionary to Elmina in present day Ghana where he died after five years attempting to convert his fellow Africans to Christianity. The author studied mission history at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and graduated with PhD.
Subjects: Biography, Slaves, Enslaved persons, Ghana, biography, Reformed Church, Clergy
Places: Ghana, Netherlands, Elmina, Elmina (Ghana)
People: J. E. J. Capitein (1717-1747)
LC classification: HT1203 .J335 2001