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Letters on the Colonization Society; and on Its Probable Results; Under the Following Heads: The Origin of the Society; Increase of the Coloured Population; Manumission of Slaves in this Country; Declarations of Legislatures, and Other Assembled Bodies, in Favour of the Society; Situation of the Colonists at Monrovia and Other Towns; Moral and Religious Character of the Settlers; Soil, Climate, Productions, and Commerce of Liberia; Advantages to the Free Coloured Population, by Emigration to Liberia; Disadvantages of Slavery to the White Population; Character of the Natives of Africa Before the Irruptions of the Barbarians; Effects of Colonization on the Slave Trade, with a Slight Sketch of that Nefarious and Accursed Traffic. Addressed to the Hon. C.F. Mercer, M.H.R.U.S. , by M. Carey. Fourth and Fifth Editions. Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1832

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 8

Scope and contents

From the Series:

These are pamphlets and articles collected by Henry P. Slaughter that deal with slavery and abolition in the United States and throughout the world. He also collected more recent pamphlets that dealt with racial issues in the United States, various British colonies, and African countries.

Dates

  • Creation: 1832

Extent

From the Collection: 24.5 Linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Repository

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