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An inquiry into the character and tendency of the American colonization, and American anti-slavery societies

Title: An inquiry into the character and tendency of the American colonization, and American anti-slavery societies / By William Jay ...
Author: Jay, William, 1789-1858
Publication: New York : Leavitt, Lord & Co.; Boston : Crocker & Brewster, 1835.

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Description

1 preliminary leaf, 202 pages; 19 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

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Note

"Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835 by William Jay, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." -- t.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Additional Formats (note)

Also available in digital form and in Microfiche as Sc Micro F-15144.

Contents

pt. I. American Colonization Society: Introduction ; Origin, constitution, and character of the American Colonization Society ; Influence of the society on the conditon of free persons of color ; Influence of the society on Africa: suppression of the slave trade ; Influrenc of the society on Africa: diffusion of civilization and Christianity ; Influence of the society on slavery -- pt. II. American Anti-Slavery Society: Principles of the society: character of American slavery ; Proposed objects and measures of the society: censure of abolitionists ; Fanaticism of abolitionists ; Incendiarism and treason of abolitionists ; Slavery under the authority of Congress ; Slavery under state authority ; Safety of immediate emancipation ; Emancipation in St. Domingo and Gaudaloupe, and present state of St. Domingo ; Emancipation in the British West Indies ; Gradual and immediate emancipation ; Danger of continued slavery.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-J (Jay, W. Inquiry into the character)

LCCN

10033454

OCLC

5162628

Author

Jay, William, 1789-1858, author.

Title

An inquiry into the character and tendency of the American colonization, and American anti-slavery societies / By William Jay ...

Publisher

New York : Leavitt, Lord & Co.; Boston : Crocker & Brewster, 1835.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 4, page 3687, column 2, row 1 or 2

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, no. 35867.

Additional Formats

Also available in digital form and in Microfiche as Sc Micro F-15144.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is originally part of the 135 Street Branch, Circulation Department. It's a pre-1926 purchase, added to the Schomburg collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian. It includes ink stamps of: "Division of Negro Literature and History;" Property of the City of New York;" and "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St." It also includes NYPL's bookplate of "Reference Collection of Negro Literature." It also contains early processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection and NYPL's perforated stamps. Library bound in red cloth over boards and a gilt spine.

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