The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His AchievementsBrown, William Wells
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The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements
Brown, William Wells
African Americans -- Biography
"Sufficient indications of his will are always given, and those who
will not then believe, neither would they believe though one should
rise from the dead to inform them. Who can trace the progress of these
colonies, and mark the incidents of the wars in which they have been
engaged, without seeing evident tokens of providential favor. Let us,
therefore, inflexibly persevere in exerting our most strenuous efforts
in a humble and rational dependence on the great Governor of all the
world, and we have the fairest prospects of surmounting all the
difficulties which may be thrown in our way. That we may expect, and
that we shall have, difficulties, sore difficulties, yet to contend
against in our progress to maturity, is certain; and, as the political
happiness or wretchedness of ourselves and our children, and of
generations yet unborn, is in our hands,--nay, more, the redemption of
Africa from the deep degradation, superstition, and idolatry in which
she has so long been involved,--it becomes us to lay our shoulders to
the wheel, and manfully resist every obstacle which may oppose our
progress in the great work which lies before us."
Mr. Roberts, we believe, is extensively engaged in commerce and
agriculture, and, though out of office, makes himself useful in the
moral, social, and intellectual elevation of his brethren. No one is
more respected, or stands higher, in Liberia than he.
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL.
Among the many bright examples of the black man which we present,
one of the foremost is Alexander Crummell. Blood unadulterated, a
tall and manly figure, commanding in appearance, a full and musical
voice, fluent in speech, a graduate of Cambridge University, England,
a mind stored with the richness of English literature, competently
acquainted with the classical authors of Greece and Rome, from the
grave Thucydides to the rhapsodical Lycophron, gentlemanly in all his
movements, language chaste and refined, Mr. Crummell may well be put
forward as one of the best and most favorable representatives of his
race. He is a clergyman of the Episcopal denomination, and deeply
versed in theology. His sermons are always written, but he reads them
as few persons can. In 1848 Mr. Crummell visited England, and delivered
a well-conceived address before the Anti-Slavery Society in London,
where his eloquence and splendid abilities were at once acknowledged
and appreciated. The year before his departure for the old world, he
delivered a "Eulogy on the Life and Character of Thomas Clarkson,"
from which we make the following extract, which is full of meaning and
eloquence:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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