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Book SynopsisThe story of the Dundee mill girl who, inspired by David Livingstone, became a missionary herself in Calabar, a part of Africa known as 'the White Man's Grave'. There she adopted many children who would otherwise have been left to die; when her mediating skills were recognised she became the British Empire's first woman magistrate. Her name lives on in the Mary Slessor Foundation, a charity working in Africa to improve health, skills training and facilitate agricultural projects. Mary Slessor was one of the most remarkable Scotswomen of any generation and the first to be depicted on a Scottish banknote. First published in 2001; this edition has had some material updated and two replacement photographs.
Table of Contents1. Early Days in Dundee
2. First Impressions of Calabar
3. A Real Missionary at Last
4. Tragic Prelude to the Okoyong
5. 'It's a Gunboat they need, not a Missionary'
6. The Power of Witchcraft
7. 'The Civilising Influence of that Admirable Lady, Miss Slessor
8. A Most Unlikely Vice-consul
9. Gain and Loss
10. The Aftermath of the Aro Expedition of 1901
11. The British Empire's First Woman Magistrate
12. The End of her Journey
