Edward Wilmot Blyden
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Born August 3, 1832
Died February 7, 1912 (79 years old)
Saint Thomas, Liberia
Also known as: Edward W[ilmot] Blyden, Blyden, Edward Wilmot
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An educator, writer, diplomat, and politician primarily in Liberia (Wikipedia).
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West Africa before Europe, and other addresses, delivered in England in 1901 and 1903
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The origin and purpose of African colonization
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Blyden was President of Liberia College in Monrovia, Liberia. He outlines the reasons for African colonization by American blacks; founding and purpose of the American Colonization Society; creation of the Colony of Liberia and the current state of the colony--its geographic extent, commerce, and Liberia College. Blyden appeals for more African American colonizers.
The aims and methods of a liberal education for Africans : inaugural address, January 5, 1881
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