"Mr. Sheppard saw along the way several burnt vilages, also some wounded persons. He reached the well-arranged stockade, and was received in a friendly way by Mlumba Nkusa and his 500 or more followers. Inside the stockade Mr. Sheppard saw and counted eighty-one human hands slowly drying over a fire."
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Presbyterians from the United StatesPeople from VirginiaCongo Free StateMissionaries from the United StatesPresbyterian missionaries
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CONGO FREE STATE. HC Deb 20 May 1903 vol 122 cc1289-332
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William Morrison
1867 – 1918
William McCutchan Morrison (1867–1918) was an American Presbyterian missionary best known for his involvement with a campaign for reform in the Congo Free State. He was born on November 10, 1867, near Lexington, Virginia, and graduated in 1887 from the Washington and Lee University.
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