Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1840–1842

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Samuel Ajayi Crowther, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Niger expedition of 1841

   1840–1842

   Role: Author of Journal of the Niger Expedition (1842)

   1. 11840-1841 · Exeter HallExpedition Organization

      The expedition was organized by the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade, following an Exeter Hall meeting in 1840.

   2. 21841-1842 · LokojaTravel to Lokoja

      Three British iron steam vessels traveled to Lokoja, the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, to establish a center for trade.

   3. 31841-1842 · Aboh and IdahTreaties and Disease

      Treaties against the slave trade were signed in Aboh and Idah, but the expedition suffered high mortality from disease.

Sources

1. Niger expedition of 1841 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-23