[ENSLAVEMENT]. The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. VI. Washington: 1831.

The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. VI. Published by order of the Managers of The American Colonization Society. The Profits Arising From This Work, Are Devoted to the Cause of the Society. Washington: James C. Dunn, Printer and Publisher, Georgetown, D.C.,1831. 8vo, 384pp. Marbled paper covered boards. Leather corners and spine.

Folding map in text, "Map of the West Coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas, including the Colony of Liberia: Compiled chiefly from from the Surveys and Observations of the late Revd. J. Ashmun." Vol. V, No.12 is The Fourteenth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society.

The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa. Beginning in 1825, the Society published the African Repository and Colonial Journal. Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797–1872), who headed the Society until 1844, edited the journal, which in 1850 simplified its title to the African Repository. The journal promoted both colonization and Liberia. Included were articles about Africa, lists of donors, letters of praise, information about emigrants, and official dispatches that espoused the prosperity and continued growth of the colony. This important journal documented the work of the Society, and supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa.

Wear to spine, corners rubbed. Some toning, scattered spotting to pages. Map with small vertical tear along fold, small loss at bottom, and apporx. 1 1/2 in. tear at bottom right.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana

[ENSLAVEMENT]. The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. VI. Washington: 1831.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana

[ENSLAVEMENT]. The African Repository, and Colonial Journal. Vol. VI. Washington: 1831.

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