Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Charter, Constitution and by-Laws of the New York State Colonization Society: Also, Funds Held in Trust and Financial Report May 1, 1891
Art. 2. The object of this Society shall be to colonize, with their own consent, people of color of the United States, on the coast of Africa, and through them to civilize and Christianize the African tribes; and also generally to improve the condition of the colored population of our country.
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