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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The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
Witness a man's unwavering faith as he journeys to a land of cannibals, risking everything to spread his religious beliefs.
By John Gibson Paton
John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides : $b An autobiography; first part
Witness the extraordinary adventures of a 19th-century missionary as he fights to spread his beliefs in the New Hebrides.
By John Gibson Paton