- Additional Authors
- Description
- 16 p.; 25 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Constitution (1847)
- Alternative Title
- Constitution (1847)
- Subject
- Note
- "Issued chiefly for the use of the free people of color."
- Two columns to the page.
- Largely reprinted from articles in the Liberia herald.
- Contents includes hymns with lines composed by prominent Liberians and sung at the celebration at Monrovia, Aug. 24, 1847; an account of the proceedings of the celebration of independence; resolutions addressed to the American Colonization Society; a letter from Chief Justice Samuel Benedict, president of the constitutional convention, mentioning president-elect Joseph Jenkins Roberts and Simon Greenleaf, drafter of the constitution; and an advertisement of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society soliciting support.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 40925.
- Reproduction (note)
- OCLC
- TGPSM11-B727
- Author
Liberia.
- Title
The independent Republic of Liberia [electronic resource] : its constitution and declaration of independence, address of the colonists to the free people of color in the United States, with other documents.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : W.F. Geddes, printer, 1848.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
Slavery; Antebellum.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Benedict, Samuel, 1808-1854.
Pennsylvania Colonization Society.