New Testament the Negro Tongue (also called talkee-talkee), 1829 Article on a Missionary Translation of the Bible into Suriname Creole
[African American][Religion][Carribean] New Testament in the Negro Tongue. In The Eclectic Review, Vol. XLIII, No. LXXXVI. London: 1829. Excerpt: pp. 553–564. Disbound, 12pp. A rare excerpt reviewing a missionaries’ translation of the New Testament into "Negro-English" (also called talkee-talkee), the Creole language spoken by enslaved and free Black populations in.....