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.
"Pub. by request of the Society."
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
Replace; LC copy under E448.B655 replaced by preservation microfilm.
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african americans
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Date
01/01/1883
Location
africa
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain