Title: Colored American - November 16, 1839
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer compares and contrasts voluntary immigration to the western states and various other countries with the restrictions and demands of Colonization. While voluntary immigration can be useful to a society, scheme's like Colonization work against it.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African Americans--Colonization; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: apprenticeship; British West Indies; Colonization; emancipation; Hayti; immigration; Jamaica; Trinidad
Organization: American Colonization Society
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers