Item #36077 Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, at the Anniversary of the American Colonization Society, Washington City, January 18, 1853. Edward Everett.

Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, at the Anniversary of the American Colonization Society, Washington City, January 18, 1853.

Boston: Printed for the Massachusetts Colonization Society by T.R. Marvin, 1853. 12 pp. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. First edition. Two faint dampstains and some light soiling, leaves browning, else very good. Sabin 23271n. LCP. Afro-Americana 3531. Item #36077

Everett praises the function and purpose of Society in the face of criticism of negroes. Analogizes colonization of Liberia to colonization of America; predicts that only Africans returning there will be able to civilize Africa.

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