CROWTHER, SAMUEL ADJAI

CROWTHER, SAMUEL ADJAI
   bishop of the Niger Territory; an African by birth; was captured to be sold as a slave, but released by an English cruiser; baptized a Christian in 1825; joined the first Niger Expedition in 1841; sent out as a missionary in 1843; appointed bishop in 1864, the duties of which he discharged faithfully, zealously, and well (1810-1891).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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