Cardinal Lavigerie and the African Slave Trade (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion)

In 1889 the Jesuit Richard F. Clarke published this biography of Charles Lavigerie (1825-1892), the French cardinal and Primate of Africa. From the moment of his arrival in Algeria in 1868, Lavigerie became a key, if sometimes controversial, figure in organising Catholic missions in Africa. In 1874 he founded the Society of Missionaries for Africa, otherwise known as the White Fathers after the white Arab dress they wore. Lavigerie's later career was devoted to the battle against slavery and in 1888 he conducted a campaign in several European capitals denouncing the practice. Clarke's book, which appeared a year after Lavigerie's visit to London, provides an account of the cardinal's career in France and Africa up to that date. It emphasises and praises Lavigerie's anti-slavery message, referring to him in the preface as 'the apostle of the slaves of all Africa'. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 10 Contents......Page 14 PART I - CARDINAL LAVIGERIE......Page 15 CHAPTER I - LIFE IN FRANCE......Page 17 CHAPTER II - THE ARCHBISHOP OF ALGIERS......Page 45 CHAPTER III - THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT......Page 70 CHAPTER IV - THE ALGERIAN MISSIONS......Page 106 CHAPTER V - MGR. LAVIGERIE'S ADMINISTRATION OF HIS DIOCESE......Page 125 CHAPTER VI - FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA......Page 142 CHAPTER VII - DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA......Page 181 CHAPTER VIII - TUNIS--ELEVATION TO THE CARDINALATE--CARTHAGE--CONCLUSION......Page 210 PART II - THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE......Page 259 CHAPTER I - SLAVERY IN AFRICA......Page 261 CHAPTER II - MOHAMMEDANISM AND SLAVERY......Page 304 CHAPTER III - ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS SLAVERY......Page 320 CHAPTER IV - SCHEMES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SLAVERY......Page 344 DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIQUARY PRESENTED TO THE POPE BY CARDINAL LAVIGERIE......Page 389 INDEX......Page 391 Cover 1 Frontmatter 6 PREFACE 10 Contents 14 PART I - CARDINAL LAVIGERIE 15 CHAPTER I - LIFE IN FRANCE 17 CHAPTER II - THE ARCHBISHOP OF ALGIERS 45 CHAPTER III - THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT 70 CHAPTER IV - THE ALGERIAN MISSIONS 106 CHAPTER V - MGR. LAVIGERIE'S ADMINISTRATION OF HIS DIOCESE 125 CHAPTER VI - FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA 142 CHAPTER VII - DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA 181 CHAPTER VIII - TUNIS--ELEVATION TO THE CARDINALATE--CARTHAGE--CONCLUSION 210 PART II - THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 259 CHAPTER I - SLAVERY IN AFRICA 261 CHAPTER II - MOHAMMEDANISM AND SLAVERY 304 CHAPTER III - ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS SLAVERY 320 CHAPTER IV - SCHEMES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SLAVERY 344 DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIQUARY PRESENTED TO THE POPE BY CARDINAL LAVIGERIE 389 INDEX 391 9781108008334 Cambridge Library Collection - Religion