Destiny and Race: Selected Writings, 1840-1898

by Alexander Crummell

Book Overview

A major 19th-century reformer and intellectual, Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) was the first black American to receive a degree from Cambridge University. Upon graduation, he sailed to Liberia, where from 1853 to 1872 he worked as a farmer, educator, small business operator, and Episcopal missionary. Returning to America in 1873, he established St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., serving as its pastor until 1894. Crummell remained active...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870237896
• ISBN13: 9780870237898
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher