South Africa in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1819-1900
South Africa through the eyes of Anglican missionaries, 1819-1900
Sunday 1st morning, service well attended, afternoon Kafir service, all in town present 14. Chiefly women, subject continuation of history of Moses. Evening white service as usualNatal; Natal, C/AFS/6; img 16
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South Africa through the eyes of Anglican missionaries, 1819-1900
South Africa in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1819-1900 was curated in association with the Bodleian Library.
This collection contains records compiled by the United Society Partners in Gospel (USPG), a UK-based Anglican missionary organisation that operates globally. From the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, the USPG went by the name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG).
This collection contains letters and supplementary material relating to missionaries in South Africa during the period 1819-1900. These documents contain a wealth of information, including: the progress of the mission; financial concerns; movements of people; and numbers of people who attended church. The papers therefore provide students and academics with a unique insight into the evolution of the SPG and of Christianity in South Africa.
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South Africa in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1819-1900...
South Africa through the eyes of Anglican missionaries, 1819-1900
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Capetown’s records focus on movements of people and of money. They also cast light on how missionaries were viewed by local communities. Naturally, missionaries sought to convince people to attend church. These documents reveal exactly how many people did.
These records, covering the period between 1819-1900, are divided by location: from Cape Town to Zululand.
The papers for Zululand reveal some of the challenges facing missionaries in South Africa, such as local chiefs having doubts about the missionaries trying to convert them.
Papers covering Natal and Grahamstown provide information about the movement of missionaries between dioceses and about their financial concerns. The papers also give details of the progress made by missionaries in these areas.
