Letters on the Colonization Society ;, and on its probable results ; under the following heads : The origin of the Society ; Increase of the coloured population ; Manumission of slaves in this country ; Declarations of legislatures, and other assembled bodies, in favour of the Society : Situation of the colonists at Monrovia, and other towns ; Moral and religious character of the settlers ; Soil, climate, productions, and commerce of Liberia ; Advantages to the free coloured population, by emigration to Liberia ; Disadvantages of slavery to the white population ; Character of the natives of Africa before the irruptions of the barbarians ; Effects of colonization on the slave trade ; with a slight sketch of that nefarious and accursed traffic. : Addressed to the Hon. C.F. Mercer, M.H.R.U.S

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Main Author: Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
Corporate Author: American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States
Contributors: Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858., Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878., Sigourney, L. H. 1791-1865., Johnson, Lawrence, 1801-1860, Ashmun, J. 1794-1828.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, : Sept. 7, 1832. Stereotyped by L. Johnson., [1832]
Edition:Fifth ed., greatly enl. and improved. [Thirteen lines from Cresson].
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250 |a Fifth ed., greatly enl. and improved. [Thirteen lines from Cresson]. 
260 |a Philadelphia, :  |b Sept. 7, 1832. Stereotyped by L. Johnson.,  |c [1832] 
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500 |a With a half-sheet advertisement ("To the public") tipped in, offering terms for bulk sale of this pamphlet. Signed: M. Carey. Philadelphia, August 11, 1832. 
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500 |a Poems "The African chief enslaved" by William Cullen Bryant and "Death of Ashmun" and "Liberia" by Lydia H. Sigourney, p. 32. 
500 |a Testimonials for the American Colonization Society, p. [3] of wrapper. 
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