David Griffiths and the missionary "History of Madagascar" / / by Gwyn Campbell.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, v. 41
• Author: Campbell, Gwyn, 1952-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian Mission 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1202 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In 1838, William Ellis of the LMS published a History of Madagascar―considered a key primary source for nineteenth-century Malagasy history. Four years later, David Griffiths, longest serving member of the Madagascar Mission, published Hanes Madagascar (“History of Madagascar”) in Welsh. Campbell’s...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• I . Griffiths: Origins and Background
• II . Griffiths in Madagascar, 1821–30
• III. Freeman’s Challenge
• IV. The Battle for Publications and the History of the Mission
• V. The Histories of Griffiths and Ellis Compared
• VI. Aftermath
• Introduction
• Explanation of the Pictures
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Introduction
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• 1. Books Published in English about Madagascar, 1838–70
• 2. The Library of Robert Farquhar on Mauritius
• 3. List of Publications from the LMS Press in Madagascar up to 1835 and by David Griffiths, 1835–62
• 4. David Jones and David Griffiths, “An Account of the Ceremony of Circumcision as Performed by the Madegasse.”
• 5. David Jones, “Infanticide Among the Malagassy”
• 6. Facts and Observations Illustrative of the Tanghen Communicated in a Letter to Charles Telfair, Esq., by the Rev. Edward Baker—1831
• 7. Extracts from Jones’ Journal (1820)
• 8. The Britanno-Merina Treaty, 1820
• 9. Particulars of the Illness and Decease of the late James Hastie, Esq., Agent of the British Government at Tananarivou, the Capital of Madagascar; Chiefly Abstracted from Communications Transmitted by the Missionaries
• 10. Poetry Published in Britain about the Malagasy Refugees
• 11. Freeman’s Poems
• 12. Edward Baker, “Memorial to the Directors of the London Missionary Society” [1832]
• Glossary of Selected Malagasy Terms found in Text
• Bibliography
• Hanes Madagascar Index
• General Index.