State five ways in which the missionaries in Kenya helped to rehabilitate the freed

Ways in which missionaries helped to rehabilitate freed slaves

• They established freed slaves colonies/ centers in their mission stations e.g. Freetown, Rabai, Ribe, Jomvu, Mazeras where they provided the homeless freed slaves with home/ shelter and other basic needs
• They taught the freed slaves industrial/ vocational skills to help them become self-supporting e.g. carpenters, masons, Bricklayers
• Some of them were professionally trained as catechists, evangelists, and teachers to enable them to secure employment
• Provided them with formal education to help them improve their living standards and for self–realization
• Taught Christianity/ converted to Christianity to create awareness of their human dignity and worth
• Some freed slaves were given jobs in the mission stations as teachers, catechists, evangelists
• They provided them with land on which to grow their food as well as provided them with agricultural tools/ material support for business
• They taught the freed slaves better agricultural methods to improve their yield
• They were taught health science, hygiene, and home science to help improve their health
• They were provided with medical care and medicine
• Those who wanted to live outside the colony were allowed and helped to do so.
• They were helped to find marriage partners
• They were to observe very strict discipline/help in character-building