Alexander Crummell (In History) - March 1819 - September 1898

Alexander Crummell was born in New York City on March 3, 1819. He was ordained a minister at age twenty-five. He spent twenty years as a missionary in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He also served as a professor of Mental and Moral Science at the College of Liberia. Crummell supported the vision of a black Christian republic of freed slaves. In 1880 Crummell founded St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., and the American Negro Academy. He was a prolific essayist for nearly two decades. His books include "Future of Africa" (1862), "Greatness of Christ" (1882), and "Africa and America" (1892).



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