...part of the national Government, of procuring ' a tract of country, on the Western Coast of Africa, for the Colonization of the Free People of Color of the United States.' Tennessee was the next to follow this example, by a resolution instructing her senators and representatives...

...this Society shall he exclusively devoted, shall be to aid the parent institution at Washington, in the colonization of the free people of color of the United States on the coast of Africa ; and to do this not only by the contribution of money, but by the exertion...

...this Society shall be exclusively devoted, shall be to aid the parent institution at Washington, in the colonization of the free people of color of the United States on the coast of Africa ; and to do this not only by the contribution of money, but by the exertion...

...from a committee appointed by citizens of Dauphin county, in the State of Pennsylvania, in relation to the colonization of the free people of color of the United States. The motions made and pending on the 29th of February, were as follows : By Mr. Clarke : That the said...

...procuring, through negotiation, by cession or purchase, a tract of country, on the western coast of Africa, for the colonization of the free people of color of the United States. STATE OF VIRGINIA. Preamble and resolution, 1816. Whereas the General Assembly of Virginia have repeatedly...

...under existing circumstances, by advocating and assisting the cause of colonization. " Third. That the colonization of the free people of color, of the United States, on the coast of Africa,' will not only promote their own temporal freedom and happiness, but be the...

...under existing circumstances, by advocating and assisting the cause of colonization. '-'•Third. That the colonization of the free people of color, of the ' United States, on the coast of Africa, will not only promote their own temporal freedom and happiness, but be the...

...to procure the passage of a law to set apart a portion of the territory newly acquired from Mexico for the colonization of the free people of color of the United States. Resolved, That, in the opinion of this General Assembly, eighty acres of land ought to be given to...

...constitution, and memorialize Congress. The constitution which was adopted a week later named the association " The American Society for the Colonization of the Free People of Color of the United States," and declared its one object was to promote and execute a plan for the colonization (with their consent)...

...movement towards colonization and of colonization on a large scale. This movement was undertaken by the American Society for the Colonization of the Free People of Color. Rev. Robert Finley was the founder of the American Colonization Society. He went to Washington, and...