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Book/Printed Material The origin and purpose of African colonization. Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday, January 14, 1883,

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Title

  • The origin and purpose of African colonization. Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday, January 14, 1883,

Summary

  • Blyden was President of Liberia College in Monrovia, Liberia. He outlines the reasons for African colonization by American Blacks; founding and purpose of the American Colonization Society; creation of the Colony of Liberia and the current state of the colony--its geographic extent, commerce, and Liberia College. Blyden appeals for more African American colonizers.

Names

  • Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912
  • American Colonization Society
  • New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington City, [s.n.], 1883.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Colonization--Africa

Genre

  • Addresses--Washington (D.C.)--1883

Notes

  • -  "Pub. by request of the Society."
  • -  Replace; LC copy under E448.B655 replaced by preservation microfilm.

Medium

  • 22 p. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E448 .B665
  • Microfilm 30211 E
  • E448 .A51 v. 61-66 Copy 2. With: American Colonization Society. Annual report, 61st., 1878. Washington, D.C., 1878.
  • E449 .D16 vol. A, no. 10 Another copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca25001361

Online Format

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  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Blyden, Edward Wilmot, American Colonization Society, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The origin and purpose of African colonization. Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday. [Washington City, s.n, 1883] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ca25001361/.

APA citation style:

Blyden, E. W., American Colonization Society, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1883) The origin and purpose of African colonization. Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday. [Washington City, s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ca25001361/.

MLA citation style:

Blyden, Edward Wilmot, et al. The origin and purpose of African colonization. Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday. [Washington City, s.n, 1883] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/ca25001361/>.