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James Peggs

Christian missionary in India

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    Ghaut murders in India. An appeal to British humanity and justice respecting the practice of exposing the sick on the banks of the Ganges. To which is added Humane hints for the melioration of the state of society in British India / [James Peggs].

    Peggs, James, 1793-1850 | Date: [1828?]
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    India's cries to British humanity, relative to the suttee, infanticide, British connexion with idolatry, ghaut murders, and slavery in India; : to which is added humane hints for the melioration of the state of society in British India. / By J. Peggs.

    Peggs, James, 1793-1850. | Date: 1830
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    A cry from the tombs: or, facts and observations on the impropriety of burying the dead among the living, in various ages and nations / [James Peggs].

    Peggs, James, 1793-1850 | Date: 1840
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    Pilgrim tax in India. Facts and observations relative to the practice of taxing pilgrims in some parts of India, and paying a premium to those who collect them for the worship of Juggernaut at the great temple in Orissa / [James Peggs].

    Peggs, James, 1793-1850 | Date: [1830?]

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