Letters on the Colonization Society; : with a view of 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. /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
April 26, 1832. Young, printer,
[1832]
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| Edition: | Second edition, enlarged and improved. [Fifteen lines from Cresson]. |
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| Item Description: | "Section of a slave ship. From Walsh's Notes of Brazil."--Plate [1]. "Map of the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa from a ms. map by the late Mr. Ashmun." and "Plan of the town of Monrovia."--Plate [2]. |
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| Physical Description: | iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-32 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : 1 illustration, 2 maps ; 23 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |