Letter 1870 April 20 : to Rev. John Orcutt.

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Letter 1870 April 20 : to Rev. John Orcutt.

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Prints the text of a letter stating in part: "Dear Sir: Deprived by age and physical infirmity of the privilege of taking a part in the more public efforts of the friends of African Colonization, I ask the favor, nevertheless, to express through you may continued interst, and my full and unquestioning faith in this noble and divine cause ... " Also prints "Two new settlements in Liberia," "A report by Henry W. Dennis, Agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia, a brief excerpt on "The Public schools of Liberia," and "Opening communication," excerpts from a statement by Governor Kennedy on the subject of opening a road from Sierra Leone to the Niger River.

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Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection

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Orcutt, John, 1807-1879

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American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Upham, Thomas Cogswell, 1799-1872

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Author of several standard volumes, Thomas Cogswell Upham, son of an anti-slavery congressman, was for more than forty years Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in Bowdoin College, Maine. From the description of Letter 1870 April 20 : to Rev. John Orcutt. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80670604 ...