Address of the Managers of the American Colonization Society to the People of T
Address of the Managers of the American Colonization Society to the People of T
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Sharp on the subject in 1789, and Ferdinando Fairfax of Virginia, published an able article on the subject in 1790. The subject was seriously considered in the Virginia Legislature during the administration of Mr. Jefferson The Rev. Dr. Finley of New Jersey gave much thought to it, in 1814—15, and assisted by the Hon. C. F. Mercer, F. S. Key and E. B. Caldwell and others, who had also long reflected upon the matter, founded the Society in December 1816. In the session of the legislature of Virg...inia, in 1816, the subject was brought forward, and the following resolution was adopted by a large ma- jority. 'Whereas the General Assembly of Virginia have repeatedly sought to obtain an asylum beyond the limits of the United States, for such persons of colour as had been or might be emancipated under the laws of this Com- monwealth, but have hitherto found all their efforts frustrated, either by the disturbed state of other nations, or domestic causes equally unpropitious to its success. 'They now avail themselves of a period when peace has healed the wounds .
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