Alexander Crummell

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Alexander Crummell was a 19th-century African-American Episcopal priest, intellectual, and Pan-Africanist leader known for his advocacy of Black nationalism, education, and emigration to Liberia.

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instanceOf African-American theologian
Black nationalist
Christian minister
Episcopal priest
Pan-Africanist
abolitionist
human
intellectual
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1819-03-03
dateOfDeath 1898-09-10
educatedAt Oneida Institute
Queens' College, Cambridge
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Crummell
fieldOfWork Pan-African thought
education
racial uplift
theology
founded American Negro Academy
givenName Alexander
knownFor advocacy of African-American education
advocacy of Black nationalism
leadership in Pan-Africanism
promotion of emigration to Liberia
memberOf Episcopal Church
movement Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
notableIdea Black self-help and racial solidarity
advocacy of Black emigration to Liberia
linking Christianity with African uplift
notableWork Africa and America: Addresses and Discourses
Civilization the Primal Need of the Race
The Future of Africa
The Greatness of Christ and Other Sermons
The Responsibility of the American Negro
occupation clergyman
educator
priest
theologian
writer
placeOfBirth New York
linked to: New York City

New York City
placeOfDeath Red Bank, New Jersey
positionHeld Episcopal priest in Liberia
rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
religion Anglicanism
Christianity
residence Liberia
New York City
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male

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Wilberforce University hasAlumni Alexander Crummell
American Negro Academy foundedBy Alexander Crummell
American Negro Academy president Alexander Crummell
African Free School notableAlumnus Alexander Crummell