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Poem, 'Africa imploring Britain to send her children the gospel', 1829

 Item — Box: Montgomery Manuscripts Box 1
Reference code: 19/1/1/43

Scope and Contents

Handwritten poem titled 'Africa imploring Britain to send her children the gospel', signed by James Montgomery, Sheffield, with a note below: 'The above lines were written in the Album of the Revd. Barnabas Shaw, Missionary to South Africa - there are ten thousand slaves in Cape-Town, and thirty thousand in the colony.'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1829

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Processing Information

Former Reference Code MS 69, Section 1

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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