"Zellweger to Basel"
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"Zellweger to Basel"
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Concerning the political situation in Asante – their Kumasi catechist had asked him to write to Accra that no more loads should be sent up - any day things could blow up. The children living with them in the houses, and in the slave home, are full of fear. The teacher in Odeso has sent a message that anyone there over the age of 20 not possessing a weapon will be strongly punished. He himself saw not long before, when on a journey to Ofinso, 2 groups of between 50 and 60 slaves(?) with weapons, powder, knives and nkrante (short swords). He also adds tout court that one problem for the mission is that the people are like the body-slaves of their chiefs.
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23.03.1898
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23.03.1898
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D-01.69.VII..148
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Reference: BMA D-01.69.VII..148
Title: "Zellweger to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 23.03.1898
“Zellweger to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 18, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100215251.
Title: "Zellweger to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 23.03.1898
“Zellweger to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 18, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100215251.
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mission 21
Missionsstrasse 21
CH-4003 Basel
Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 260 2232
Fax: +41 61 260 2268
Email: info@bmarchives.org
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