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Title

A history of colonization on the western coast of Africa / by Archibald Alexander, D.D., professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J.

Author

Alexander, Archibald, 1772-1851.

Publication

Philadelphia : William S. Martien, no. 142 Chestnut Street, 1849.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Martien, William Stockton, 1798-1861
• Edward Weber & Co., lithographer.

Description

xii, [1], 6-659, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 24 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• African Americans > Colonization > Africa, West
• African Americans > Colonization > Liberia
• Liberia > History > To 1847
• African Americans > Colonization > Africa, West > History
• American Colonization Society

Note

• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by William S. Martien, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Map of Liberia. Compiled, from data on file in the office of the American Colonization Society, under the direction of the Rev. W. McLain, Secy. By R. Coyle."--frontispiece map, signed: "Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore."
• Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Introduction -- ch. 1. Description of the western coast of Africa -- ch. 2. Origin of the colony at Sierra Leone -- ch. 3. Original of African colonization -- ch. 4. History of the American Colonization Society -- ch. 5. Proceedings at Washington -- ch. 6. Voyage of Messrs. Mills and Burgess -- ch. 7. First expedition to Africa in the Elizabeth -- ch. 8. State of the colony after the death of the agents -- ch. 9. The colony under Messrs. E. Bacon and Andrus -- ch. 10. Laws of the United States respecting the slave trade -- ch. 11. Agency of Dr. Ayres, and purchase of Cape Mesurado by him and Captain R.F. Stockton -- ch. 12. Agency of Mr. Jehudi Ashmun -- ch. 13. The colony under Mr. Ashmun -- ch. 14. Administration of Ashmun continued -- ch. 15. Ashmun's administration continued -- ch. 16. Lott Carey ; Missions in and near the colony -- ch. 17. Randall's administration -- ch. 18. Operations at home -- ch. 19. The colony under Dr. Mechlin, 1830 -- ch. 20. African education ; Events in the United States -- ch. 21. Events of 1832 -- ch. 22. Affairs of the colony in 1833 -- ch. 23. Formation of the Maryland Society -- ch. 24. Cape Palmas -- ch. 25. Affairs at home -- ch. 26. Colonization societies of Pennsylvania and New York -- ch. 27. Agency of the Rev. J.B. Pinney -- ch. 28. Agency of Dr. E. Skinner, 1835 -- ch. 29. Colonization, and the colony in 1836 -- ch. 30. Vice-agency of Mr. A.D. Williams, 1837 -- ch. 31. The colony in 1838 -- ch. 32. Commonwealth of Liberia under Governor Buchanan -- ch. 33. Wars with the natives -- ch. 34. Governor Buchanan's administration, 1841 -- ch. 35. Governor Robert's administration -- ch. 36. Governor Robert's administration, continued -- Appendix.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.8C-A (Alexander, A. History of colonization on the western coast. 2nd ed. 1849)

OCLC

2787523

Author

Alexander, Archibald, 1772-1851.

Title

A history of colonization on the western coast of Africa / by Archibald Alexander, D.D., professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J.

Imprint

Philadelphia : William S. Martien, no. 142 Chestnut Street, 1849.

Edition

Second edition.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 208

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.8C-A (accession no. B389717) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Martien, William Stockton, 1798-1861, publisher.

Edward Weber & Co., lithographer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.8C-A (Alexander, A. History of colonization on the western coast. 2nd ed. 1849)