Jacob Grigg

This book is the life of one of the most remarkable and neglected pioneers of the modern protestant missionary movement. Jacob Grigg was a young Cornishman who inspired by his contemporary William Carey was the first English missionary to volunteer for Africa. His career was a chequered one. Expelled by the Governor of Sierra Leone he emigrated to the newly-free United States of America. There he became renowned for his ability as a preacher evangelist and theological thinker. An emancipationist and committed to worldwide evangelism he suffered for his views. Workloads led to alcoholic addiction which he conquered. This is the first biography of a remarkable man who died nearly two centuries ago.