Sherbro and the Sherbros: Or a Native African's Account of His Country and People (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sherbro and the Sherbros: Or a Native African's Account of His Country and People

Daniel flickinger wilberforce was born on Sherbro Island, near the mainland, on the west coast of Africa, February 24, 1857, and is therefore now twenty-nine years of age. His parents had been converted to Christianity before he was born, so that he is not, and never has been anything approximating a heathen. His parents, after their conversion, took the name of the great English philanthropist. Rev. D. K. Flickinger (now bishop of the United Brethren in Christ) was then laboring as a missionary in Africa, and the parents named their boy for this man of God.

Late in the year of 1871, Mr. Wilberforce found his way to New York in com pany with a returning missionary; and shortly after, Mr. Fli'ckinger, by the advice of the Missionary Board, brought young Daniel to Dayton, Ohio, where he was at once placed in the public schools. He passed through the several grades of the District, Intermediate, and High school, and took one year of special studies in Union Biblical Seminary, in seven years. When Mr. Wilber force graduated from the High School, he received one of the three diplomas of special honor. His personal bearing, thrilling graduating address, and high standing in his class drew from his many friends and the immense audience present most emphatic outbursts of applause.

After selecting a Christian lady of Dayton for a life companion, Miss Lizzie Harris, to whom he was married October 17, 1878, Mr. Wilberforce sailed for his native land under the auspices of the United Brethren Missionary Society, in the autumn of 1878.

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