Peter Hartwig (missionary)

Peter Hartwig (c. 1778–1815) was a German-born missionary for the Anglican Church in Sierra Leone.^[1] In 1803, at the age of 25, he was recruited by the Church Missionary Society to serve as one of its first two missionaries in Africa.^[1]^[2] After studying English and Susu in Clapham, London, he returned to Germany and was ordained as a Lutheran in 1804.^[2] From 1804 to 1807, he served as a missionary in Freetown, but was dismissed by the CMS due to his alleged ties with slave traders.^[2]^[3] He remained in Sierra Leone for seven more years and asked to return to the mission in 1814, when he was employed as a linguist.^[2] Hartwig died in 1815 of yellow fever.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Mouser, Nancy Fox (2004). "Peter Hartwig, 1804-1808: Sociological Perspectives in Marginality and Alienation". History in Africa. 31: 263–302. ISSN 0361-5413.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Keefer, Katrina H. B. (2017). "The First Missionaries of The Church Missionary Society in Sierra Leone, 1804–1816". History in Africa. 44: 199–235. JSTOR 26362156.
^ ^a ^b Mouser, Bruce L.; Mouser, Nancy Fox (2004). "A Rocky Road to Publication". History in Africa. 31: 257–261. JSTOR 4128527.

[:0-1] Mouser, Nancy Fox (2004). "Peter Hartwig, 1804-1808: Sociological Perspectives in Marginality and Alienation". History in Africa. 31: 263–302. ISSN 0361-5413.

[:1-2] Keefer, Katrina H. B. (2017). "The First Missionaries of The Church Missionary Society in Sierra Leone, 1804–1816". History in Africa. 44: 199–235. JSTOR 26362156.

[:2-3] Mouser, Bruce L.; Mouser, Nancy Fox (2004). "A Rocky Road to Publication". History in Africa. 31: 257–261. JSTOR 4128527.

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