Liberia. Blyden, Edward Wilmot. Philip and the Eunuch; or the instruments and Methods of Africa's Evangelization: A Discourse in the Park Street Church, Boston, U.S.A., October 22, 1882 8vo, 30 pages, original printed stiff gray wrappers; a couple of

Liberia. Blyden, Edward Wilmot. Philip and the Eunuch; or the instruments and Methods of Africa's Evangelization: A Discourse in the Park Street Church, Boston, U.S.A., October 22, 1882 8vo, 30 pages, original printed stiff gray wrappers; a couple of chips to spine; small crease to front cover. Cambridge: John Wilson, 1883 E350-500 Blyden 1832-1912 , diplomat, journalist and educator, was born in the West Indies of free literate 'parents. He was refused entry into 'any o 'f the American Theological Schools and instead went to Monrovia, where He remained for the majority of his life. He spoke 5 European languages as well as reading Greek, Latin and Arabic. He was the author of many works on Africa and the exploitation of both its people and resources. We.B. Du Bois called him 'The prophet of the renaissance of the Negro race.' Work, page 217; Hampton Collection 659 Not in the Blockson Collection, nor Sabin.