Download or read book A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica written by Peter Duncan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica: With Occasional Remarks on the State of Society in That Colony Much of what appears in this Narrative will be new to the generality of British readers, and indeed a con siderable part of it has never been published before in any form whatsoever; but the writer has endeavoured to Obtain the most accurate information on every event he records, and his opportunities for this have been of the most favourable description. It was his lot to be employed as a missionary in Jamaica between eleven and twelve years, and having arrived early in 1821, he became personally acquainted with several who had witnessed the progress of the work from its very com mencement, and with whom he often conversed on almost every point recorded in the earlier periods of the history. But the greater part of the volume is occupied with events which transpired during his own term of residence, or with such as were immediately connected with them. Of those not a few came under his own observation, while the knowledge of others was conveyed by his brethren with whom he was in constant inter course. In addition to these sources of information, he has availed himself of the help afforded by the publica tions of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, as well as. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.