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A fine biography. [It] is a most satisfying book and an important contribution to South African scholarship. CAPE TIMES
Scottish poet, fighter for human rights in the Cape Colony, and abolitionist, reveals the role this key Enlightenment figure played in Africa and Britain.
List of contents
Preface - Author's Note - I SCOTLAND: BORDER FARM TO LITERARY EDINBURGH (1789-1820)
The Elfin Band
Edinburgh: the Shallows
Edinburgh: at the Flood
A Long, a Last Adieu! - II THE CAPE FRONTIER: PIONEER, SETTLER LEADER (1820-1821)
Settler Leader: Arrival
At Glen Lynden
Beyond Glen Lynden - III CAPE TOWN & GENADENDAL: THE STAND AGAINST POWER (1822-1825)
Westward
'An Arrant Dissenter'
Vale of Grace
On the Frontier: the Final Year - IV THE FRONTIER, KARROO: RURAL RETREAT & THE 'GREAT CAUSE' (1825-1826)
Return to Glen Lynden
Karroo Turning Point
Last Months at Eildon
Return of the Settler - V LONDON LITERARY LIFE & THE ANTI-SLAVERY CAMPAIGN (1826-1833)
London Journalist & Editor
The Literary Life & Cape Achievements
Emancipation & After - VI SCOTLAND & HIGHGATE: A POET RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS & LAST WORKS (1830-1834)
'A Little Doctoring'
African Sketches: Responses
On Scottish Ground
Journey's End
About the author
Randolph Vigne
