African Repository and Colonial Journal, Volume 26American Colonization Society., 1850 |
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Page 71 - ... which either contracting party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the subjects or citizens of any other State, shall be extended to the...
Page 69 - Republic, after having communicated to each other their respective powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between...
Page 78 - ... cover the whole northern, if not the southern continent, with a people speaking the same language, governed in similar forms, and by similar laws ; nor can we contemplate with satisfaction either blot or mixture on that surface.
Page 71 - London, within the space of six weeks, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Page 358 - Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States.
Page 156 - An Act to reduce into one the several Acts for establishing and regulating the Post-Office Department, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Page 140 - If the residue should be sold at the same rate, the whole aggregate will exceed two hundred millions of dollars. If Virginia and the South see fit to adopt any proposition to relieve themselves from the free people of color among them...
Page 85 - ... was the desire for a retreat where, free from the agitations of fear and molestation, we could, in composure and security, approach in worship the God of our Fathers. Thus far our highest hopes have been realized. Liberia...
Page 71 - And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at...
Page 182 - SECTION II. And be it further enacted, That all and every person, so building, fitting out, equipping, loading, or otherwise preparing, or sending away, any ship or vessel, knowing, or intending, that the same shall be employed in such trade or business...