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Missionary standing at front of village church, Guyana, ca.1910/1920

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"Rev. Stanley E Watson in the little Basket Church at Arahaha - North West District - British Guiana." [now Guyana]. Missionary standing by lectern.The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
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Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United KingdomTrustees for Methodist Church PurposesUniversity of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Librarydocenquiry@soas.ac.ukhttp://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
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  1. Clergy
  2. Portraits
  3. Watson, Stanley Edwin, 1886 1966
  4. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

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