Travel & Exploration
COLENSO
(Harriette Emily, 1847-1932, Christian Missionary in Southern Africa)
Autograph Postcard Signed to Mr Shearing
Thanking him much for the book Religious Systems of the World safely received this evening..., 1 side postcard with autograph address on the verso, 8th September
Item Date: 1890
Background
She was the eldest of five children of John Colenso, the first Bishop of Natal, and continued his work, interceding on behalf of the Zulu people before the British Government. She made representations to the Crown on behalf of Dinuzulu and his uncles, in exile on St Helena from 1890 to 1897.
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