By Laban Gabiddon ‘Nineteenth-century British India was marked by a series of debates on reforming the status of women. The first and most sensational public debate was concerned with outlawing sati.’[1] James Peggs was one of the first Baptist missionaries to arrive in Bengal along with his wife in 1822.[2] Peggs was appalled by the … Continue reading “James Peggs and The Coventry Society for the Abolition of Human Sacrifices in India”
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Rev. James Peggs and the Campaign to Outlaw Sati in India
Author: Daminee Budhi The Story of the Burning Widow The word sati in India is synonymous with ‘good wife’, originating from an Indian myth of the Sati, the Goddess Durga, who self-immolated because she was unable to bear her husband, Shiva’s, humiliation. The Indian practice of sati, which Reverend James Peggs zealously campaigned to outlaw, … Continue reading “Rev. James Peggs and the Campaign to Outlaw Sati in India”