1858 DAVID LIVINGSTONE. First American Edition - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Slavery. ZZTheologyandReligion Abraham Dodge and Chance were

Abraham Dodge and Chance were part of the exhibition’s narrative

It seems as tho we're to be forever more

Attractive plain calf pocket-sized volume

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1858 DAVID LIVINGSTONE. First American Edition - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Slavery. ZZTheologyandReligion Abraham Dodge and Chance wereA very handsome example of the first American edition of Livingstone's most substantial and broadly distributed work. It was followed on very shortly thereafter by an edition in Philadelphia as well and was deeply influential in various fields. The work was pioneering in terms of both African Geography and Sociology, but also played an important role in helping reclaim western views of Africans as savage, and re humanizing them. Livingstone was a hero