Peter Hartwig (missionary)
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Peter Hartwig (c. 1778–1815) was a German-born missionary for the Anglican Church in Sierra Leone.[1] In 1803, at the age of 25, he was recruited by the Church Missionary Society to serve as one of its first two missionaries in Africa.[1][2] After studying English and Susu in Clapham, London, he returned to Germany and was ordained as a Lutheran in 1804.[2] From 1804 to 1807, he served as a missionary in Freetown, but was dismissed by the CMS due to his alleged ties with slave traders.[2][3] He remained in Sierra Leone for seven more years and asked to return to the mission in 1814, when he was employed as a linguist.[2] Hartwig died in 1815 of yellow fever.[3]
References
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