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The origin and purpose of African colonizationThe origin and purpose of African colonization

The origin and purpose of African colonization

Being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-sixth anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday, January 14, 1883

Edward Wilmot Blyden

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Blyden was President of Liberia College in Monrovia, Liberia. He outlines the reasons for African colonization by American blacks; founding and purpose of the American Colonization Society; creation of the Colony of Liberia and the current state of the colony--its geographic extent, commerce, and Liberia College. Blyden appeals for more African American colonizers.

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OL3717404W

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African AmericansColonization

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