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Excerpt from Reflections on the Causes That Led to the Formation of the Colonization Society: With a View of Its Probable Results, Under the Following Heads: The Increase of the Coloured Population, the Origin of the Colonization Society, the Manumission of Slaves in This Country, the Declarations of Legislatures, and Other Assembled Bodies
It being all-important to the success of this scheme to conciliatethe approbation of the free coloured population, the promotion of whose welfare is one prominent object of the undertaking, it is earnestly and cordially recommended to them, to select a judicious committee of three, or hye, or seven enlightened persons of their body, to visit Liberia the first opportunity; to make personal inquiry and rigorous investigation into the real state of affairs in the settlement; and, on their return, to publish the results, so as to place the matter in a clear light, beyond all possibility of doubt or cavil; that they may denounce the scheme, if pernicious - or, if otherwise, hail it as one of the greatest boons that heaven in its mercy could have bestowed on their long-0p pressed nation. It is true, the testimony of Captains Sherman and Nicholson, and of Sheriff Devanyfi' might supersede the necessity of this measure - but still that testimony, however clear and indisputable, would not have, With the mass of their people, half so much weight as the statement of an enlightened committee of their own body. Let it be observed, that this pamphlet, which is but ill-digested, makes not the slightest pretensions to originality. It is a mere cento of facts and observations from various writers, Whose views are, it is confi dently believed, given correctly to the public. There may be errors but it is believed there are but few, and unimportant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
