The African Repository, Volume 21American Colonization Society., 1845 - African Americans |
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... soon as circumstances will admit . At present , comfortable houses can- not be procured for them , except at Monrovia . As soon as their state of health and the weather will permit , we shall make arrangements for their accommodation ...
... soon as circumstances will admit . At present , comfortable houses can- not be procured for them , except at Monrovia . As soon as their state of health and the weather will permit , we shall make arrangements for their accommodation ...
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... soon as I shall have a little more leisure , I will give it my careful attention ; and shall confer with Governor Roberts in regard to the plan of building recommended . The medical books , which you had the kindness to procure for me ...
... soon as I shall have a little more leisure , I will give it my careful attention ; and shall confer with Governor Roberts in regard to the plan of building recommended . The medical books , which you had the kindness to procure for me ...
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... soon as the weather will permit of their being removed , they will be placed on their lands . The cargo was landed in good order , but I have to regret not being able to raise money from the sale of it to send you by this vessel . This ...
... soon as the weather will permit of their being removed , they will be placed on their lands . The cargo was landed in good order , but I have to regret not being able to raise money from the sale of it to send you by this vessel . This ...
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... soon as the Doctor thinks they should be removed . I am pleased to see you willing to assist us in having a saw - mill erected in the colony , and shall , as soon as I can find sufficient time , inquire and ascertain all the facts ...
... soon as the Doctor thinks they should be removed . I am pleased to see you willing to assist us in having a saw - mill erected in the colony , and shall , as soon as I can find sufficient time , inquire and ascertain all the facts ...
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... soon come when we shall have many instances like the present to re- cord ! Then shall the day of Libe- ria's glory have indeed dawned in its full splendor ! BALTIMORE , Nov. 18 , 1844 . To the Editor of the Colonization Herald : DEAR ...
... soon come when we shall have many instances like the present to re- cord ! Then shall the day of Libe- ria's glory have indeed dawned in its full splendor ! BALTIMORE , Nov. 18 , 1844 . To the Editor of the Colonization Herald : DEAR ...
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Page 215 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 333 - I suppose that your knowledge of the situation of my brethren is too extensive to need a recital here; neither shall I presume to prescribe methods by which they may be relieved, otherwise than by recommending to you and all others to wean yourselves from those narrow prejudices which you have imbibed with respect to them and as Job proposed to his friends, "put your souls in their souls stead.
Page 334 - I choose to send it to you in manuscript previous thereto, that thereby you might not only have an earlier inspection, but that you might also view it in my own hand writing.
Page 161 - Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shalt know, Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow ; The seed that, in these few and fleeting hours, Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow, Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers.
Page 328 - ... as the imbecility of their present existence, and other circumstances which cannot be neglected, will admit. I have taken the liberty of sending your Almanac to Monsieur de...
Page 333 - ... detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren under groaning captivity, and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty, of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves.
Page 327 - Nobody wishes more than I do, to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors of men; and that the appearance of the want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America.
Page 172 - To a thriving agriculture and the improvements related to it is added a highly interesting extension of useful manufactures, the combined product of professional occupations and of household industry. Such indeed is the experience of economy as well as of policy in these substitutes for supplies heretofore...
Page 276 - A Historical Examination of the state of society in Western Africa, as formed by Paganism and Muhammedanism, slavery, the slave trade, and piracy ; and of the remedial influence of Colonization and Missions.
Page 83 - ... night, accomplished, without difficulty or resistance, in one hour, the annihilation of the whole tribe ; — every adult, man and woman, was murdered — every hut fired ! Very young children, generally, shared the fate of their parents ; the boys and girls alone were reserved to pay the Frenchman.