Author talk:Edward Wilmot Blyden

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Name: Edward Wilmot Blyden
Birth - Death: 1832-1912
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1. Blyden, Rev. Edward Wilmot, a member of the negro race, b. in St. Thomas, W.I., in 1832 ; displayed at an early age a talent for the acquisition of languages, and, after seeking in vain admission to some college in the United States, obtained a classical education in Liberia, and subsequently studied Arabic in the East, afterwards returning to Liberia, where, besides filling the positions of a Presbyterian minister and professor and president of the college, he has several times held office as secretary of state and of the interior, and was twice appointed minister to England. 1. A Voice from Bleeding Africa on Behalf of her Exiled Children, Liberia, 1856, 8vo. 2. Liberia's Offering : being Ad- dresses, Sermons, Ac., N. York, 1862, 8vo. 3. From West Africa to Palestine, Free Town, Sierra Leone, 1873, 8vo. 4. Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race : with an Introduction by Hon. Samuel Lewis, Lon., 1887, 8vo. (Consists of a collection of articles and addresses.) "Dr. Blyden has given us a very interesting and remarkable volume. ... 1 wo facts are more particularly brought into relief by him : first of all, that Islam is carrying on a vast and civilizing propaganda in Nigritia ; and, secondly, that if Central Africa is to be colonized it must be with civilized Negroes. . . . The portion of Dr. Blyden's volume which deals with the relations of Islam to the Negro is that which will prove of most interest to readers who do not belong to the Negro race." A. H. SAYCE: Acad., xxxii. 311.