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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Birth and Parentage of Mr. Leacock. Development of his Character. He
becomes decidedly religious. Entrance on a Course of Study at Codring-
ton College. His Ordination. His firmness in respect to the Slaves.
His Character as a Clergyman. Marriage. Settlement in Nevis. Death
of Mrs. Leacock. Effect of an Earthquake. Second Marriage. Removal
to the United States, .
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CHAPTER II.
Arrival of Mr. Leacock at Lexington, Kentucky. Society in Lexington.
Dr. Coit. Dr. Cooke. Amos Cleaver. The Bishop of Kentucky. The
Professors. The Southern Planters. Efforts for the Promotion of Re-
ligion. Christ-Church. Instruction of the Slaves. Confirmation of
Mr. Leacock. He undertakes the charge of Pupils. He is elected
Rector of St. Paul's,
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CHAPTER III.
A General Scattering of Mr. Leacock's Friends. He removes to Tennessee.
Journey with the Bishop of Tennessee. He accepts a Church at Franklin.
Anecdote of him by Mrs. Wheat. He purchases an Estate in New Jer-
sey. Brief connection with a Church at Louisville. His Character as a
Preacher and a Pastor. Removal to New Jersey. Settlement during
four years at Perth Amboy. Return to the West Indies,
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Reasons for his Return. State of Nevis. African practices. Obeah. Mr.
Leacock delivers Lectures against Obeah. Death of the Obeah-man.
Effect of Charms on the African. Return to Barbados. Temporary
Charge of St. Peter's. Death of Amos Cleaver and Dr. Cooke. Mr. Lea-
cock is appointed to the Chapel at Bridgetown. Testimonial of the Pa-
rishioners of St. Peter's. Commencement of efforts in behalf of Africa.
Formation of the Society for the furtherance of the Gospel. Outbreak
of Cholera. Death of Mrs. Leacock,
CHAPTER V.
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Mr. Leacock volunteers to go as a Missionary to Africa. He is accepted,
and is joined by Duport. His Negro Servant desires to accompany him.
Letter to Archdeacon Trew. Arrival in London. He attends a Meeting
of the Church Emigrants' Aid Society. He visits the Crystal Palace.
Visit to Wiltshire-Stonehenge Salisbury. Meeting of the S. P. G.
His Cheerfulness. Conversation with Young Persons. His views of
Prophecy, of the Church of Rome, and of the Church of England. His
opinion of the Voluntary System. Thankfulness for Mercies. Note on
the Effects of Emancipation in the West Indies,
CHAPTER VI.
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Mr. Lea-
He meets
Providential Preparation in Africa for the West Indian Mission. The
Chief Wilkinson introduced. Remarkable Dream in Africa.
cock attends various Meetings in the Diocese of Salisbury.
with a Portrait of Mrs. Trimmer. Verses by Mr. Marriott.
cock's opinion of the S.P.G. He visits Malvern and the Bishop of Bar-
bados. His Admiration of England. His Feelings in Wells Cathedral.
He embarks at Plymouth for Africa,
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CHAPTER VII.
Voyage of the "Ethiope." Dangerous Storm. Arrival at Madeira. Warm
Reception by a Governor on the African Coast. Arrival at Sierra Leone.
Description of Freetown. Various Opinions as to the Site of the Mission.
Similarity of Sierra Leone to the West Indies. Joy at the Discovery of
Devil-grass. Dr. Bradshaw's advice as to a House. The Niger Consid-
ered. Plaintain Island and John Newton. Further Delay. Inter-
view with the Spanish Consul. Meeting of the Church Missionary
Society,
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When the Episcopate is a Blessing, and when the Reverse. Value of the
Episcopate to Sierra Leone. Its Benefits in the West Indies. Rise of
the West Indian Church in consequence of the Episcopate. Establish-
ment of the West Indian Mission. Episcopacy acknowledged by Chris-
tendom. Greeting to the Bishop of Sierra Leone. Prophetic declara-
tion,
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CHAPTER IX.
Melville Horne on the Qualifications of an African Missionary. The Rio
Pongas is mentioned to Mr. Leacock. The Governor promises to send
Mr. Leacock to the Pongas in a Steamer. Character of Governor Hill.
Meeting with a Mohammedan King. Landing at Tintima. Palaver
with Kennyback Ali and King Katty. Description of the Pongas River.
Hut at Tintima. Wretched character of the people. Deceitfulness
- of Kennyback Ali. Mr. Leacock visits him. Encounter with a Mo-
hammedan,
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CHAPTER X.
Events of St. Thomas's Day. Arrival of Lewis Wilkinson. Interview
with the chief of Fallangia. Mr. Leacock opens his Ministry among
the Heathens. Mr. Wilkinson gives him a Site for a Church, &c. The
Missionaries are attacked with Fever. Anxiety of Governor Hill on
their Account. He sends a Steamer and removes them to Sierra Leone.
They return to Fallangia. John Duport begins to teach. Supplies or-
dered in England,
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CHAPTER XI.
American Sympathy towards Mr. Leacock. Dr. Coit and the Editor of the
"New York Church Journal." The parish at Perth Amboy and the
Slaves in Tennessee. Joint Offerings from America and England to
Africa. Appointment of an English Secretary. Account of the martyred
French Missionaries, . 171
CHAPTER XII.
The School at Fallangia. Return of Fever. Conversation with Wilkinson.
Extent of the Soosoo Language. Need of additional Teachers. Welcome
from King Jelloram Fernandez. The Missionaries again taken ill. Con-
tinuance of Journal. Duport sent for his health to Sierra Leone. Re-
semblance of the Negroes of Fallangia to those of Barbados. Conver-
sation with "old Martha." Witchcraft. Second Conversation with "old
Martha." Return of Duport. Death of Kennyback Ali. Description of
neighboring Chiefs. Agriculture and Animals,
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CHAPTER XIII.
Assurance of King Katty. Miseries of the People. Visit from Mr. Co
lumbini de Wasky. Application from Cassini. Excursion to the Banga-
long River. Domingia. Sangha. Farrangeah. Increase of the Con-
gregation under Duport. Journal continued. Relapse of Mr. Leacock.
He visits Sierra Leone, and is ordered to return to England. He deter-
mines to remain at his Post,
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CHAPTER XIV.
Mr. Leacock's Friends desire him to escape from Africa. Letters to that
Effect from Mr. Wilkinson, from the Author, and from the Bishop of Bar-
bados. He appears to recover. His Plans for building.
Young Person,
Letter to a
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CHAPTER XV.
Satisfactory Progress of the Mission under Duport. Report sent by Du-
port to Mr. Leacock. Mr. Leacock's Remarks upon it. Favourable
Opinion of the Bishop of Sierra Leone respecting it. The Lord's Prayer
in Soosoo,
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CHAPTER XVI:
Continued improvement in Mr. Leacock's Health. Letter to his Son. Let-
ters to the Bishop of Barbados. Letter to the Author. Mohammedan
Opposition. Assistance from Governor Hill. Contest between Christ
and Mohammed. Last Letters of Mr. Leacock,
CHAPTER XVII.
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Articles despatched from England for the Mission. Shipwreck of the
"Ida." Death of Mr. Leacock. Letter from the Rev. F. Pocock. Letter
from Mr. Duport. Lamentations at Fallangia and Sierra Leone. Letter
from the Bishop of Sierra Leone. The mournful news reaches America
and the West Indies. Eulogy in the "Barbadian." Concluding Letter
from Mr. Duport. Funeral Anthem,
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