The Life and Work of Jacob Kenoly - C.C. Smith - Methodist Book Concern 1912 B5

Description: Available is this original 160 page hardcover titled "The Life and Work of Jacob Kenoly" by C.C. Smith and published in 1912 by Methodist Book Concern as an illustrated first edition. Includes the scarce author's notice for a memorial fund for Jacob Kenoly. Jacob Kenoly was the Disciples' second Negro foreign missionary sent to Liberia. The first had been the formerly enslaved Alexander Cross, a Kentuckian [source: The Life and Work of Jacob Kenoly, by C. C. Smith, pp. 28-30]. Cross went to Monrovia in January 1854 but died about a month after his arrival. When Kenoly arrived in Liberia 51 years later, he was told about Alexander Cross, and he made it a point to talk with individuals in Monrovia who had known Alexander Cross. Jacob Kenoly was a minister and a school teacher in Liberia. One of his students was James Isaiah Rundles, Sr. Rundles was not given the name 'Rundles' at birth; he acquired the name when he started attending school. He may have been an orphan; when he sailed to the United States he gave his father's name as George Washington Rundles on the passenger list. Rundles was an outstanding student, and Kenoly selected him to become the first Liberian student to go to the United States to study. Funding was solicited, and Rundles arrived at the Southern Christian Institute in Edwards, MS on November 2, 1909 [sources: C. C. Smith, "A Sketch of the life of Jacob Kenoly," The Missionary Review of the World, v. 25 (new series), v. 35 (old series), January-December 1912, pp. 752-760 [online at Google Books]; and The Life and Work of Jacob Kenoly, by C. C. Smith]. Thank you for looking. All items will be packaged carefully for protection from moisture and rough handling.

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