The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 07, July, 1879

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The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 07, July, 1879

by Various Authors

EN·~2 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total
1

Vol. XXXIII.

0:01
2

THEAMERICAN MISSIONARY.

0:04
3

CONTENTS:

0:08
4

American Missionary Association,

33:19
5

THE FREEDMEN.

52:42
6

THE CHINESE.

6:34
7

CHILDREN’S PAGE.

3:28
8

RECEIPTS

14:56
9

Constitution of the American Missionary Association.

4:49
10

The American Missionary Association.

7:24

Description

In the summer of 1879 a bustling organ of reform springs to life, gathering the voices of clergy, educators, and activists into a single, earnest publication. Pages brim with reports from schools that have sprung up across the former Confederacy—places like Hampton, Fisk, and Howard—where newly freed peoples are learning to read, write, and claim a future of their own. The editor’s introductions are peppered with vivid accounts of itinerant ministers touring these institutions, offering both praise for progress and a sober reminder of the challenges that still loom.

Beyond the classroom, the periodical wrestles with the heated moral questions of its day, from the tangled laws governing interracial marriage to the stark realities of poverty on the Kansas plains. It presents a snapshot of a nation wrestling with its conscience, urging readers to consider how education, charity, and principled advocacy might reshape a divided landscape. Listeners will hear the urgency and hope that colored post‑war America, captured in the earnest words of those who believed the gospel could lift the downtrodden.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (118K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by KarenD, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections)

Release date

2017-02-25

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Various Authors

This book is credited to multiple contributors rather than a single writer, bringing together different voices, styles, or perspectives in one place. That often makes for a lively listening experience, especially in anthologies, collections, and themed compilations.

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