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Anti-Slavery Society notes on Colonization and a letter
The piece presents a Friends' critique of Jesse Kenworthy's colonization donation and the American Colonization Society. It argues colonization conflicts with Quaker principles, harms free Black communities, and endangers abolition aims. The author cites Abolitionist voices, historical examples, and contemporaneous evidence to condemn colonization as a policy and urge equal rights at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reta Wa
Jonathan Binns
Jesse Kenworthy
Phares
Wootmax
Benezer
Lay
Nua
Lynchburg
Aft’n. Repos
Friends’ Church
Society of Friends
Colonization Society
Orld
Friends
American Colonization Society
Moses
Pharoah
Egypt
Daniel
Shadrach
John
Esc. &c
Jesus
Paul
Cesar
Mark
Mar’s Hill
LBCF
The
New York Colonization Society
Missionary Herald
Henry Clay
C. C. Burleigh
Africa
United States
Capitol
Jamestown
Jay