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Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo

By Pagan Kennedy

Book information

Publisher
Santa Fe Writer's Project
Year
2013
ISBN
9780988225244
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
702 kB (718680 bytes)
Series
Pagan Kennedy Project
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-11-04 06:29:54
Biography & Autobiography; History; Nonfiction; BI

Description

A largely untold story of an extraordinary historical figure, this biography sheds light on the life of William Sheppard, a 19th-century African American who, for more than 20 years, defied segregation and operated a missionary run by black Americans in the Belgian Congo. This work shows how Sheppard returned to United States periodically, and traveled the country telling tales of his adventures to packed auditoriums. An anthropologist, photographer, big-game hunter, and art collector, the man billed as the "Black Livingstone" helped expose the atrocities that occurred under the reign of King Leopold, and this stirring work tells how he eventually helped to break Belgium's hold on the Congo.

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