1868 PETER CLAVER. The First Missionary to African Slaves. 16th Century South America. John Wesley Philpot wrote a memoir of

Philpot wrote a memoir of him at his death in 1865

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and tens of thousands held vigils in his honor

1868 PETER CLAVER. The First Missionary to African Slaves. 16th Century South America. John Wesley Philpot wrote a memoir ofVery desirable first edition of the account of Peter Claver [b. 1580], a missionary to South America who found his life's work among the newly "imported" Africans brought in to work the gold and silver mines. The native population in what is now Columbia were deemed not fit for the work, so the Spanish began running slave ships between the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America to fill the labor demand. And here, Claver found his