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In introducing his work, Blyden writes that his book was “written chiefly with a view of instructing Negro youth in Christian lands eager to study the history, character and destiny of their race….The Christian Negro has, hitherto,…rarely been trained to trust his own judgment, or to think that he can have anything to say which foreigners will care to hear. … But it is evident that there can be hope for the future improvement of the African only as he finds out his work and destiny and, as a consequence, learns to trust his own judgment; and it is hoped that this volume and the reception it has met, while stimulating effort in that direction on the part of the rising generation of Africans, will encourage their European guides and patrons to allow greater scope and freedom, not only for their mental and moral, but for their social and political evolution.”
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