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Book/Printed Material Letters on the Colonization Society; with a view of its probable results under the following heads

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Title

  • 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.

Names

  • Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
  • Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858
  • Francis Markoe Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, Young, Printer, 1832.

Headings

  • -  American Colonization Society
  • -  African Americans--Colonization--Africa
  • -  Liberia--History--To 1847

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC brd 2019-04-24 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • iv, 32 p. front., 2 maps (on 1 pl.) 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E448 .C27
  • E448 .C27 copy 2 Copy 2. Source unknown.
  • AC901 .M2 vol. 2, no. 3 Another copy.
  • AC901 .M5 vol. 295, no. 7 Another copy. Source: Peter Force Library.
  • E185 .A254 container C, no. 39 Another copy. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17039. Source unknown.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04036527

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Carey, Mathew, Charles Fenton Mercer, Francis Markoe Pamphlet Collection, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection, and African American Pamphlet Collection. 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. Philadelphia, Young, Printer, 1832. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04036527/.

APA citation style:

Carey, M., Mercer, C. F., Francis Markoe Pamphlet Collection, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection & African American Pamphlet Collection. (1832) 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. Philadelphia, Young, Printer. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04036527/.

MLA citation style:

Carey, Mathew, et al. 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. Philadelphia, Young, Printer, 1832. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/04036527/>.