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Edward Wilmot Blyden

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Gender Male
Death111 years ago
Date of birth August 3,1832
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Saint Thomas
United States Virgin Islands
Date of died February 7,1912
DiedFreetown
Sierra Leone
ChildrenPay'ton Blyden
Other name Eddy, Ed
Known forFounder of Chicago
Job Politician
Writer
Diplomat
Educator
Spous Sarah Yates
Place of burialRacecourse Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone
NationalityAmerican
Liberian
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID536321

Christianity, Islam and the negro race
African Life and Customs
West Africa before Europe
Liberia's Offering: Being Addresses, Sermons, Etc
Black spokesman
Selected works of Dr. Edward Wilmot Blyden
From West Africa to Palestine
The aims and methods of a liberal education for Africans
Liberia, the Land of Promise to Free Colored Men
Our Origin, Dangers and Duties: The Annual Address Before the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Monrovia, July 26, 1865
The People of Africa: A Series of Papers on Their Character, Condition, and Future Prospects
The African Problem, and the Method of Its Solution. the Annual Discourse Delivered at the Seventy-T - Scholar's Choice Edition
The origin and purpose of African colonization, discourse
The African Problem, and Other Discourses: Delivered in America in 1890
The Origin and Purpose of African Colonization. Being the Annual Discourse Delivered at the Sixty-Sixth Anniversary of the American Colonization Society, Held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. , Sunday, January 14 1883
Our Origin, Dangers and Duties: The Annual Address Before the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Monrovia, July 26, 1865, the Day of National Independence; and Repeated on Tuesday, August 1, 1865, at Caldwell, St. Paul's River
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Edward Wilmot Blyden Life story


Edward Wilmot Blyden was a Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to the country.

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