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Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization... Memorial of the society of the District of Columbia for the colonization and civilization of Africa, praying ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.053 Author/Creator: Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization... Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 22 March 1844 Pagination: 4 p. ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

28th Congress, 1st session, Senate document no. 218. Calls upon the government for "The establishment of a commercial agency at the colony of Liberia, and asking an appropriation to forward the objects of said society, and for the benefit of said colony." Wants this commercial agency to enter into an agreement with "African chiefs for the overthrow of the slave trade...." Published by Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization of Africa.

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