Article
A Freed African to Free Africa
Missio Dei
(2022)
Abstract
The mission work of the Stone-Campbell Movement and the American Christian Missionary Society began with the sending of Dr. James Barclay to Jerusalem in 1850. Its second candidate for foreign missions, Alexander Cross, was a black slave from Kentucky. His freedom was purchased in order to send him to Monrovia, Liberia, to begin evangelizing the continent of Africa in 1853. This article seeks to create a narrative of his life and work within the contexts of the Southern United States and the newly founded colony of freed slaves in Monrovia.
Keywords
- History of Missions,
- Churches of Christ,
- Slavery
Publication Date
Winter January 31, 2022
Citation Information
Shawn Daggett. "A Freed African to Free Africa" Missio Dei Iss. Winter 2022 (2022) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sdaggett/4/