William N. Barleycorn | |
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 Rev. William Barleycorn, Fernando Po. 1895. From Glimpses of Africa, West and Southwest coast ; containing the author's impressions and observations during a voyage of six thousand miles from Sierra Leone to St. Paul de Loanda and return, including the Rio del Ray and Cameroons rivers, and the Congo River, from its mouth to Matadi (published 1895). | |
| Born | 1848 Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea |
| Died | 1925 |
| Occupation | Ordained Missionary, Author, Interpreter, Schoolmaster, Native Assistant Minister |
| Nationality | Spanish Guinean |
| Period | late 19th - early 20th century |
William Napoleon Barleycorn (1848–1925), born in Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea and a Krio Fernandino of Igbo descent,[1] was a Primitive Methodist missionary who went to Fernando Po (now known as Bioko) in Africa in the early 1880s. From there, he travelled to Edinburgh University.
- ^ Sundiata, I. K. (1996). From Slaving to Neoslavery: The Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po in the era of abolition 1827-1930. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-299-14510-7.