CELESTINE
EDWARDS
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NAME
Celestine Edwards
Also known as “the Negro lecturer”
BORN:
Samuel Jules Celestine Edwards
28th December, 1858
Dominica
PROFESSION
Abolitionist lecturer, newspaper editor
FAMILY
PARENTS:
unknown
SIBLINGS:
Eight (names unknown)
EDUCATION
| 1891 | Theology degree, King’s College, London, England | |
| 1894 | London Hospital, London, England (enrolled 1894) | |
CAREER
| 1870 | Sailor (stowed away on a French ship) |
| 1870 | Casual building labourer |
| 1870 | Activist and Temperance lecturer (1870–94) |
| 1892 | Editor of Lux (1892–1895) |
| 1893 | Editor of Anti-Caste |
| 1893 | Editor of Fraternity (1893–94) |
WORKS
| BOOKS | |
| 1891 | From Slavery to Bishopric—the life, struggles and successes of Bishop Walter Hawkins, (co-authored the autobiography) |
NOTABLE
|
First Black man to edit a white-owned newspaper Was the executive secretary of the Society for the Recognition of the Brotherhood of Man Co-authored the autobiography, From Slavery to Bishopric, of Bishop Walter Hawkins, a former slave who became a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada Is considered an important abolitionist in East London history (www.eastlondonhistory.com/celestine-edwards) |
DIED
25th July, 1894
Dominica
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