Terrence Duncanson was a pioneering Jamaican missionary to Panama
in the first half of the 20th century. His sojourn in the Central
American country was occasioned by the large numbers of Jamaicans
who worked on the Canal, and later, with the United Fruit Company.
Laboring in harsh conditions and an unwelcoming environment, the
immigrants drew on Duncanson's skills, resourcefulness and tenacity
as he traveled across rivers and by train over large distances to
secluded locations. Duncanson, in his more than thirty years
sojourn, became an important liaison between the United Fruit
Company and the workers, both sides depending on him to settle
disputes and to negotiate deals, as well as to provide needed
social services. His life story is clear testimony that the role of
a missionary often consists of far more than the preaching of the
Gospel. That the missionary, often times, becomes a major source of
stability and progress.
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