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Book/Printed Material An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race : incidental to the propriety of having nothing to do with Negroes : addressed to the good people of the United States

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Title

  • An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race : incidental to the propriety of having nothing to do with Negroes : addressed to the good people of the United States

Summary

  • Flournoy, a native of Georgia, argues for the "expulsion of every Negro and Mulatto from this Country back to their own Africa." He opposes assimilation or any other way of treating the African American than by his total and immediate expulsion from the U.S. to Africa.

Names

  • Flournoy, J. Jacobus (John Jacobus), 1808-1879.
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New-York : [s.n.], 1835.

Headings

  • -  Slavery--United States
  • -  Black race
  • -  African Americans--Colonization

Notes

  • -  LAC tnb 2020-10-06 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 56 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .F64
  • E449 .F64 Copy 2 Another copy. "158/881"; "Flournoy, J. Jacobus. An essay ... New York, 1935" inscribed in pencil on label mounted on cover.
  • E449. D16 vol. 24, no. 14 Another copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11008397

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Flournoy, J. Jacobus, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race: incidental to the propriety of having nothing to do with Negroes: addressed to the good people of the United States. [New-York: s.n, 1835] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/11008397/.

APA citation style:

Flournoy, J. J., Joseph Meredith Toner Collection & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1835) An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race: incidental to the propriety of having nothing to do with Negroes: addressed to the good people of the United States. [New-York: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/11008397/.

MLA citation style:

Flournoy, J. Jacobus, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race: incidental to the propriety of having nothing to do with Negroes: addressed to the good people of the United States. [New-York: s.n, 1835] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/11008397/>.