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Book/Printed Material The tenth annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States : with an appendix

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Title

  • The tenth annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States : with an appendix

Summary

  • The Society's tenth annual report details a decade of the Society's achievements and includes the following: resolutions on slavery and the slave trade, a long exposition about the Society and the benefits of African American colonization of Africa by Henry Clay, a Vice-President of the Society, and a report summarizing ten years of the Society's existence and its accomplishments in Liberia. The appendix presents state legislature resoultions favoring African colonization and a Society proposal for US government aid in financing resettlement. Also included are the constitution of the Society and a list of state chapters with officers.

Names

  • American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington : Way & Gideon, Printers, 1827.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Colonization--Liberia
  • -  Slavery--United States
  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
  • -  American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States--Congresses

Genre

  • Annual reports--Washington (D.C.)--1827

Notes

  • -  Shoemaker 27828
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 101, [2] pages ; 22 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AC901 .M2 vol. 12, no. 7
  • E449 .D16 vol. 25, no. 12 Another copy. Inscriptions in pencil throughout the text.

Source Collection

  • American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States. The ... annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88880154

OCLC Number

  • 17879960

Online Format

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  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

American Society For Colonizing The Free People Of Colour Of The United States, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The tenth annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States: with an appendix. Washington: Way & Gideon, Printers, 1827. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/88880154/.

APA citation style:

American Society For Colonizing The Free People Of Colour Of The United States & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1827) The tenth annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States: with an appendix. Washington: Way & Gideon, Printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/88880154/.

MLA citation style:

American Society For Colonizing The Free People Of Colour Of The United States, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The tenth annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States: with an appendix. Washington: Way & Gideon, Printers, 1827. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/88880154/>.