Samuel morris biography pdf
Samuel morris missionary to america...
Samuel morris biography pdf
Samuel Morris, Missionary to America
You have heard of missionaries who went to Africa to tell the people about Jesus. But did you know that in the late 1800s an African man came to our country and showed Americans the love of Jesus?
His name was Samuel Morris, or Kaboo, as he was known to his tribe.
His story is as amazing today as it was to those who met the young Samuel Morris more than 100 years ago. Here is his story based on his own account.
Pay or Sammy Suffers!
The year: 1872
The place: My native country of Liberia, in Africa
"You must pay if you want peace," threatened the enemy chief.
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"We will pay," thundered my father, "We will pay." As the oldest son, I was taken as a hostage until my father, also a tribal chief, could pay off the war debts. Each month, my father brought gifts to the enemy chief, but they were never enough.
The chief beat me daily with a poisonous, thorny vine he used as a whip. The poisonous thorns infected the wounds on my back, making me sick wi