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1850 Booklet Slavery Related Colonization Project

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"Colonization Project" by Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, etc.

1850 Booklet, "Report of the Naval Committee to the House of Representatives, August 1850, In Favor of the Establishment of a Line of Mail Steamships to the Western Coast of Africa...," Very Fine.
This 1850 Booklet is printed by Gideon and Co. of Washington, 8.75" x 5.5," 79 pages, disbound, lacking covers. Actually, the establishment of the line of Mail Steamships was secondary to transporting free African Americans to Liberia, a colony established by the American Colonization Society as a home for free Blacks who wished to leave America. Thus, this booklet contains lengthy discussions of the purposes and merits of Liberia and the American Colonization Society. In fact, the Appendix at the back is full of blatant testimonials to the Colonization project, including letters by Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and others. The steamships envisioned in this report would provide a ready means of transporting mail, but also the hundreds and thousands of free blacks who sought to return to Africa. An extremely interesting and important document, providing special insight into the American Colonization Society and the then-current views on slaves and slavery-related issues.



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