The ... Annual Report of the American Colonization Society ...: 1823, Volúmenes6-10The Society, 1823 |
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... honour on our country , will , we believe , do something to alleviate the miseries of a people who seem born but to suffer . On motion of the Hon . C. F. Mercer ; Resolved , " That the President of the United States be re- quested to ...
... honour on our country , will , we believe , do something to alleviate the miseries of a people who seem born but to suffer . On motion of the Hon . C. F. Mercer ; Resolved , " That the President of the United States be re- quested to ...
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... honour of seconding the motion made by his honourable friend . Mr. Custis supported the adoption of the proposed measure of applying for aid to the General Government in a speech replete with impressive ima- gery , but of which our ...
... honour of seconding the motion made by his honourable friend . Mr. Custis supported the adoption of the proposed measure of applying for aid to the General Government in a speech replete with impressive ima- gery , but of which our ...
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... honours of war . The procession was composed of guards , a band of mu- sicians , physician , clergyman , pall - bearers , carriers , and nearly every individual of the Colony who was able to walk to the grave . The whole was con- ducted ...
... honours of war . The procession was composed of guards , a band of mu- sicians , physician , clergyman , pall - bearers , carriers , and nearly every individual of the Colony who was able to walk to the grave . The whole was con- ducted ...
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... honour of my gov ernment , to make such an acknowledgment of the favours rendered by the officers and other agents of yours employed on this coast , as justice and a pro- per estimate of the beneficial influence of interna- tional ...
... honour of my gov ernment , to make such an acknowledgment of the favours rendered by the officers and other agents of yours employed on this coast , as justice and a pro- per estimate of the beneficial influence of interna- tional ...
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... honour of writing you by the Shark , on the 9th ultimo , and , subsequently , by the " Strong , " in a very weak and sickly condition . We are now engaged in a bloody and perilous war with all the native tribes around us . On the ...
... honour of writing you by the Shark , on the 9th ultimo , and , subsequently , by the " Strong , " in a very weak and sickly condition . We are now engaged in a bloody and perilous war with all the native tribes around us . On the ...
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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.