Zululand
Zululand
Collection: South Africa in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1819–1900 Volumes Zululand
These documents reveal the challenges facing missionaries wishing to convert indigenous people in Zululand and Swaziland. Wary chiefs, alongside people who held a deep attachment to their existing belief system, presented a real—and entirely understandable—challenge to Christian missionaries. This volume reveals how the latter responded by resorting to a tried and tested missionary tactic: incentivising engagement with their creed by distributing food.
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Zululand, E. 1900. Vol.I
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, Arthur Rowan, S. M. Samuelson.
Date:1900-1900Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E058

Zululand, E. 1899. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: R. B. Davies, Henry Hollingsworth, Charles Johnson, William Swinnerton.
Date:1899-1899Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E057

Zululand, E. 1898. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: R. B. Davies, Henry Hollingsworth, Charles Johnson, T. Hayes Robinson, William Swinnerton.
Date:1898-1898Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E056

Zululand, E. 1897. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, J. Douglas Lord ?, T. Hayes Robinson, S. M. Samuelson.
Date:1897-1897Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E055

Zululand, E. 1896. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, John Morris, T. Hayes Robinson, S. M. Samuelson.
Date:1896-1896Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E054

Zululand, E. 1895. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, John Morris, S. M. Samuelson.
Date:1895-1895Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E053

Zululand, E. 1894. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, S. M. Samuelson. Also includes a photograph of Zulu girls.
Date:1894-1894Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E052

Zululand, E. 1893. Vol.II
Includes letters written by: Charles Johnson, John Morris, S. M. Samuelson.
Date:1893-1893Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:SPG-E051