TY - BOOK ID - 142024710 TI - Black Livingstone : a true tale of adventure in the Nineteenth Century Congo AU - Kennedy, Pagan AU - Santa Fe Writers Project PY - 2013 SN - 9780988225268 PB - Santa Fe Santa Fe Writer's Project DB - UniCat KW - African American missionaries KW - Missionaries KW - African American Presbyterians KW - Presbyterians KW - African American missionaries KW - Missionaries KW - African American Presbyterians KW - Presbyterians KW - Sheppard, William H. KW - Presbyterian Church in the U.S. KW - Missions KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142024710 AB - "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"-- "In 1890, a twenty-four-year-old African American missionary named William Henry Sheppard departed for what was then the Belgian Congo, where for more than twenty years he ran a mission staffed by black Americans. Returning to America periodically, he was billed as the "Black Livingstone" and traveled the country telling tales of his adventures to packed auditoriums. An anthropologist, photographer, big-game hunter, and art collector, he helped expose the atrocities that occurred under the reign of King Leopold, eventually helping to break Belgium's hold on the Congo. "Black Livingstone" is the untold story of this extraordinary historical figure, a remarkable man who personified the adventure and ambiguities of his time"-- ER -