The ... Annual Report of the American Colonization Society ...: 1823, Volúmenes6-10The Society, 1823 |
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... house , this building took fire : and with it most of the clothing , provisions , and utensils of the Colony were destroyed . Dr. Ayres perceived the necessity for an immediate convention of the Kings . In this convention , he gave a ...
... house , this building took fire : and with it most of the clothing , provisions , and utensils of the Colony were destroyed . Dr. Ayres perceived the necessity for an immediate convention of the Kings . In this convention , he gave a ...
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... houses constructed , and works thrown up for defence against the Barbarian powers . The na- tives are generally amicable : and were it otherwise , little apprehension would be felt , since a concerted at- tack is altogether improbable ...
... houses constructed , and works thrown up for defence against the Barbarian powers . The na- tives are generally amicable : and were it otherwise , little apprehension would be felt , since a concerted at- tack is altogether improbable ...
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... House of Repre- sentatives , has yet received the sanction of the Senate of that State . This resolution authorizes the Governor of Georgia , to turn over to the Colonization Society , after deducting the expenses incurred on account of ...
... House of Repre- sentatives , has yet received the sanction of the Senate of that State . This resolution authorizes the Governor of Georgia , to turn over to the Colonization Society , after deducting the expenses incurred on account of ...
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... House should be enclosed with wattled walls , and plastered , for the temporary accommodation of the re- captured Africans . He ordered Johnston to purchase 100 mats of the natives , for flooring and ceiling the new houses ; he also ...
... House should be enclosed with wattled walls , and plastered , for the temporary accommodation of the re- captured Africans . He ordered Johnston to purchase 100 mats of the natives , for flooring and ceiling the new houses ; he also ...
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... house , eventually for the arsenal . Inside , and opening through the wall , is to be the magazine- the whole below the surface of the ground without . A concentric circle is to be drawn around this work at the distance of fourteen feet ...
... house , eventually for the arsenal . Inside , and opening through the wall , is to be the magazine- the whole below the surface of the ground without . A concentric circle is to be drawn around this work at the distance of fourteen feet ...
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abolition adopted Africa African slave trade American Colonization Society arrived Ashmun AUXILIARY COLONIZATION SOCIETY AUXILIARY SOCIETY Ayres benevolent Board of Managers brig Bushrod Washington Cape Montserado captured cause character Christian Church ciety citizens civilized climate coast of Africa colonists colonizing the free Colony commenced committee Congress consider Ditto Ditto effect efforts emancipation emigrants establishment evil exertions favour feelings FREDERICK COUNTY friends George Henry honour hope House humanity Institution interest James John John Underwood Joseph Joseph Gales King labour land law of nations Legislature Liberia Maryland means meeting Monrovia moral natives object officers opinion persons of colour piracy population present proposed R. R. Gurley received resolution Resolved respect right of search Samuel schooner Secretary settlement settlers ship Sierra Leone slavery Smith suppression Thomas tion traffick Treasurer United vessel Vice Presidents Virginia Washington whole William
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Página 89 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives...
Página 74 - Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States.
Página 124 - That if any citizen of the United States, being of the crew or ship's company of any foreign ship or vessel engaged in the slave trade, or any person whatever, being of the crew or ship's company of any ship or vessel owned wholly or in part, or navigated for or in behalf of, any citizen or citizens of the United States...
Página 80 - Society, shall be considered auxiliary thereto, and its officers shall be entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers.
Página 21 - There is a moral fitness in the idea of returning to Africa her children, whose ancestors have been torn from her by the ruthless hand of fraud and violence. Transplanted in a foreign land, they will carry back to their native soil the rich fruits of religion, civilization, law, and liberty.
Página 156 - In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, adopted at their last session, instructions have been given to all the Ministers of the United States, accredited to the powers of Europe and America, to propose the proscription of the African slave trade, by classing it under the denomination, and inflicting on its perpetrators the punishment of piracy.
Página 39 - Commonwealth ; and that the Senators and Representatives of this State, in the Congress of the United States...
Página 22 - The execution of its scheme would augment instead of diminishing the value of the property left behind. The Society, composed of free men, concerns itself only with the free. Collateral consequences we are not responsible for. It is not this Society which has produced the great moral revolution which the age exhibits. What would they, who thus reproach us, have done ? If they would repress all tendencies toward liberty and ultimate emancipation, they must do more than put down the benevolent efforts...
Página 36 - It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers...
Página 63 - By the advice of M. Maignan, the surgeon of the ship, the negroes, who had hitherto remained shut up in the hold, were brought upon deck in succession, in order that they might breathe a purer air. But it became necessary to abandon this expedient, salutary as it was, because many of those negroes, affected with nostalgia (ie a passionate desire to revisit their native land) threw themselves into the sea, locked in each other's arms.