General introduction -- Niger mission-Caribbean racial contract : the genesis -- Afro-Caribbean candidates for the racial contract : their social background, recruitment and training -- The welfare provisions of the racial contract and the socioeconomic interests of the Afro-Caribbean missionaries -- Getting down to business in the mission fields : the duties of Afro-Caribbean missionaries as prescribed by the racial contract -- Closing comments and conclusion : the disintegration of the racial contract and its implications for the construction of identity among the Afro-Caribbean missionaries.