Title: Colored American - July 21, 1838
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer informs his readers that the Slaveholder's Negro Shipping Compnay has contracted with the Colonization Society to help move African Americans to a colony in Liberia. This is a great irony and the writer views those in charge of this action with utmost contempt.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Civil rights; Colonization; Liberia; prejudice; Slaveholder's Negro Shipping Company; society
Publication type: editorials; Newspapers