Edward Wilmot Blyden
Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an educator, writer, diplomat, and politician primarily in Liberia. Born in the West Indies, he joined the free black immigrants from the United States who migrated to the region. He taught for five years in the British West African Colony of Sierra Leone in the early 20th century. His writings on pan-Africanism were influential in both colonies. These were founded during the slavery years for the resettlement of free blacks from Great Britain and the United States.
You can find people similar to Edward Wilmot Blyden by visiting our lists 19th-century Liberian writers and Secretaries of the Interior (Liberia).
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| Date of birth | 3 August 1832
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| Place of birth | Saint Thomas (now Virgin Islands)
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| Date of death | 7 February 1912
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| Place of death | Freetown, British Sierra Leone (now Sierra Leone)
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