"Henke to the Frankfurt Mission Committee (copy)"
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"Henke to the Frankfurt Mission Committee (copy)"
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Very happy to have letters from home - urged for more. Glad to have good news of his family. Account of the death and funeral of Holzwarth, Salbach and Schmid (same words as in No 2, 1830) On page 7: Plans for the future school for Africans, on plantation in Ningo (Extracts printed in Heidenbote 1831, pp.19ff). Description of fetishplaces. Visits by the fetishpriest. He made the discovery, that some of his schoolchildren, mainly girls, wore charms. The boys were keen in helping to detect them and they burned them in the afternoon to the mirth of the boys. General notes about pagan new year and "immoral dances" at Labadi.
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02.10.1830
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02.10.1830
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D-01.01.(1830-1832),04
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Reference: BMA D-01.01.(1830-1832),04
Title: "Henke to the Frankfurt Mission Committee (copy)"
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Date: 02.10.1830

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