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Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the city of New York... [Liberia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05215 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1835 Pagination: 62 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Full title: "Proceedings of the Colonization Society of the City of New York, at their third annual meeting, held on the 13th and 14th of May, 1835, including the annual report of the Board of Managers, to the Society." Concerning the colony of freed slaves established in Liberia. An appendix publishes newspaper accounts of speeches from the meeting. The last page has a poem of L.H. Sigourney entitled "Liberia." Published by Wm. A. Mercein and Son, Pearl Street.

Duer, William Alexander, fl. 1835

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