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Description:
Sheppard with some Baketti Warriors.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8314
Description:
View of Congo River at Matadi looking down river. 1 is the old B.M.S. station of Underhill where Lapsley is buried. 2 is the Swedish mission of Laundi. The great Congo River holds the moral remains of Slaymaker. At the point marked 1 Underhill, the river turns at a sharp angle where it is very narrow, swift and dangerous. The place is known as the "Devils Cauldron" and well deserves its name.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Death and burial., Slaymaker, Henry Calvin--Death and burial.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Rivers--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo River., Matadi (Bas-Congo, Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1894
Description:
Some evidences of Belgian atrocities brought home by William Henry Sheppard.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1878

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