Ashantee and the Gold Coast; Being a Sketch of the History, Social State, and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of Those Countries with a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity Among Them
Ashantee and the Gold Coast; Being a Sketch of the History, Social State, and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of Those Countries with a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity Among Them
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ...conception of its immortality. William De Graft says that, when he resided at Winnebah, he witnessed several instances of the Heathen digging up the bones of persons who had long been dead, and burning them; under the idea, that so long as any of the bones were left in an undecayed state, the spirits of the former ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ...conception of its immortality. William De Graft says that, when he resided at Winnebah, he witnessed several instances of the Heathen digging up the bones of persons who had long been dead, and burning them; under the idea, that so long as any of the bones were left in an undecayed state, the spirits of the former possessors of the bodies were able to injure them, but that when the bones were consumed, there was an end of them and their power. The existence of the devil is also an article of Negro belief. He is called by the Fantees and Ashantees, Abonsum, or Aiyen. This evil being is supposed to be ever at hand for purposes of mischief; for when a person rises from his seat, his attendants are accustomed immediately to lie down upon their side, to prevent the devil from slipping into their master's place. Whatever may be the case in other parts of Africa, it does not appear that the devil is worshipped by the Fantees and Ashantees; on the contrary, he is annually driven away on the Gold Coast, with great form and ceremony. This custom is observed at CapeCoast town, about the end of August. Preparation is made for the ceremony in the course of the day; as the hour of eight o'clock in the evening draws nigh, the people are seen collecting in groups in the streets, armed with sticks, muskets, and other weapons; at the instant when the eighto'clock gun is fired from the castle, a tremendous shouting, accompanied with the firing of muskets, breaks forth from all parts of the town; and the people rush into their houses, and beat about with their sticks in every corner, shouting and hallooing with all their strength. This sudden outburst of all kinds of noises often alarms Europeans who have recently arrived, inducing them to suppose that an enemy has attacked th...
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Small 8vo, 19+376 pages, vocabulary lists, facsimile with new introduction and notes by G E Metcalfe: the history, social state and superstitions of the Ashanti and other Gold Coast peoples with an account of the prospects of Christianity among them; hardback, vg.
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Facsimile Reprint Of The 1841 Ed. Hardback. No Dj Large 8vo. pp xix, 376. Original publisher's terracotta cloth, lettered gilt on spine and cover. Including fold out map. No date, circa 1970. Fine.
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Good. Folding map, xix, 376p. Rebound in old mid-19th century 1/2 leather (marbled boards with dark leather backstrip and corners). 18cm. Joints scuffed. Extremities frayed and rather worn. Paper remnants of an old bookplate or label on endpaper. A few short tears. Contents sound and clean. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on endpaper (over remnants of an earlier bookplate or label).
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