TY  - BOOK
AU  - American Colonization Society
TI  - Condition of the American Colored Population, and of the Colony at Liberia
AV  - E300 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa
KW  - Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions
N1  - Release date is 2018-12-30; Produced by hekula03, Wayne Hammond and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Condition of the American Colored Population, and of the Colony at Liberia" is a historical account produced by a group associated with the American Colonization Society, likely written in the early 19th century. This work analyzes the condition of African Americans in the United States, alongside discussions regarding the colony established in Liberia as a potential refuge for free blacks. The book primarily focuses on the statistics concerning the slave population, their civil disabilities, and their intellectual and moral conditions at the time.  The text presents various facts and figures about the enslaved people in the United States, detailing their population growth and the legal restrictions they faced, including the lack of rights and educational opportunities. It also examines the experiences of free blacks, noting the societal prejudices and legal disabilities they encountered. Additionally, the narrative includes observations about the colony in Liberia, highlighting the opportunities for agricultural development and a flourishing community of free blacks. The author advocates for the colonization movement as a means to improve the plight of African Americans while asserting that the establishment of Liberia could positively influence both the African American population and broader perceptions of their humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58570
ER  -