John Gibson Paton
John Gibson Paton, born in Scotland, was a Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. He brought to the natives of the New Hebrides education and Christianity. He developed small industries for them, such as hat making. He advocated strongly against a form of slavery, which was called "Blackbirding", that involved kidnapping the natives and forcing them to work in New Zealand and elsewhere.
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John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides : $b An autobiography; first part
"John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography; First Part" by John G. Paton is an autobiographical account written in the late 19th...
By John Gibson Paton
The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
Abridgment of The autobiography of John G. Paton, published in 1889.
By John Gibson Paton