Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Alexander Crummell
Born: March 3, 1819
Died: September 10, 1898 (aged 79)
Bio: Alexander Crummell was a pioneering African-American minister, academic and African nationalist. Ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States, Crummell went to England in the late 1840s to raise money for his church by lecturing about American slavery.
Known for:
- Africa and America: Addresses and Discourses (1891)
- Bible Covers