The ... Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States, Volumen15 |
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Africa American Colonization Society annually appointed ARTICLE Auxiliary benevolent blessings Board of Managers Cape cause Charles Christian civilization climate coast of Africa Colonial Agent Colonists Colony of Liberia coloured population condition Constitution continent Cresson crew cruizers degraded ditto Edward effect emigrants enterprise evil expense favour Female Frederick county free blacks free coloured friends funds George Georgetown Gerrit Smith Gibson Government Gurney Hannah Murray happiness Henry hope human hundred increase Institution interest James James Douglass John Joseph Kentucky labour land laws Legislatures liberal manumission Maryland Matthew Carey means ment Monrovia Montserado moral natives North Carolina object officers operations opinion port present promote race removal Report resolution Resolved Richard Richard Potts Robert sailed Samuel Samuel Lathrop Schooner settlement Sierra Leone slave ships slave trade spirit subscriptions Theodore Frelinghuysen Thomas thousand tion traffic United vessels Vice-Agent Virginia voyage Washington whites William
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Página viii - ... strengthened by it, and relieved from a danger, whose extent can scarcely be estimated. It lessens very much in my estimation, the objection in a political view to the application of this ample fund, that our lands are becoming an object for which the States are to scramble, and which threatens to sow the seeds of discord among us instead of being what they might be — a source of national wealth.
Página xxvii - Archer had been stating the case in the supposition, that after the present class of free blacks had been exhausted, by the operation of the plan he was recommending, others would be supplied for its action, in the proportion of the excess of colored population it would be necessary to throw off, by the process of voluntary manumission or sale. This effect must result inevitably from the depreciating value of the slaves ensuing their disproportionate multiplication.
Página xxvii - ... of colored population it would be necessary to throw off, by the process of voluntary manumission or sale. This effect must result inevitably from the depreciating value of the slaves, ensuing their disproportionate multiplication. The depreciation would be relieved and retarded at the same time by the process. The two operations would aid reciprocally, and sustain each other, and both be in the highest degree beneficial. It was on the ground of interest, therefore, the most indisputable pecuniary...
Página xxvi - ... case in the West Indies ? Either of these was a deplorable catastrophe. Could all of them be avoided, and if they could, how ? There was but one way, but that might be made effectual, fortunately ! It was to provide and keep open a drain for the excess of increase beyond the occasions of profitable employment. This might be done effectually by extension of the plan of the Society. The drain was already opened. All that was necessary would be, to provide for the enlargement of the channel, as...
Página v - Many circumstances at the present moment seem to concur in brightening the prospects of the Society and cherishing the hope that the time will come, when the dreadful calamity which has so long afflicted our country and filled so many with despair, will be gradually removed...
Página 27 - Neither of these did I observe. On the contrary, I thought I could perceive that they considered that they had started into a new existence; that, disencumbered of the mortifying relations in which they formerly stood in society, they felt themselves proud in their attitude, and seemed conscious, that while they were the founders of a new empire, they were prosecuting the noble purpose of the regeneration of the land of their fathers.
Página 51 - Report recommends strong coffee.) The crew on rising were served with a liberal allowance of strong coffee before commencing their day's work. " The result was that the ships on each side of the Cambridge lost the greater part of their crews ; and not one man of her crew was seriously unwell.
Página vi - ... for publication. The great object of the Society, I presume, is to obtain pecuniary aids. Application will undoubtedly be made, I hope successfully, to the several State Legislatures by the societies formed within them respectively. It is extremely desirable that they should pass permanent laws on the subject, and the excitement produced by the late insurrection makes this a favorable moment for the friends of the Colony to press for such acts. It would be also desirable, if such a direction...
Página vi - I am aware of the constitutional obstacle which has presented itself; but if the general will be reconciled to an application of the territorial fund to the removal of the colored population, a grant to Congress of the necessary authority could be carried, with little delay, through the forms of the Constitution.
Página vii - It is undoubtedly of great importance to retain the countenance and protection of the General Government. Some of our cruizers stationed on the coast of Africa would, at the same time, interrupt the slave trade — a horrid traffic detested by all good men, and would protect the vessels and commerce of the Colony from pirates who infest those seas. The power of the government to afford this aid is not, I believe, contested.