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 /
Main Author: | Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Philadelphia :
Stereotyped by L. Johnson,
1832.
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Edition: | 4th edition, greatly enlarged and improvedition. |
Series: | World constitutions illustrated.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law. |
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |