[African-Americana] Group of 4 Items Related to Liberia, ca. 1817-1975

1. Group of 2 Congressional Documents. Comprising: Congressional "Joint Resolution For abolishing the traffick in Slaves, and the Colinization (sic) of the Free People of Colour of the United States" (2 pp.); "Report On colonizing the free people of colour of the United States" (5 pp.). Each, (Washington, D.C.), February 11, 1817. 12mo. Disbound; light foxing.

2. The Examiner--Extra. Washington, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1835. Printed broadside, 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (552 x 394 mm). Contemporary ownership signature, recto and verso. Creasing from old folds, uneven toning from same; light edge-wear; scattered spotting.

Printing the July 4, 1835 address of David McConaughy, President of Washington College, at the meeting of the Washington County Colonization Society.

3. Liberia As It Is. R.M. Johnson, to the Colored Citizens of the American Republic. Philadelphia, 1853. 8vo. 16 pp. Disbound; dampstaining. Sabin 36276

4. Statute Laws of Liberia From 1957 to 1974-75. Sammelband of nine various acts, etc. related to Liberia. Black pebbled leather, typed cover label ("The Property of E.J.S. Worrell, Counsellor at Law, Monrovia"); wear, soiling, and dampstaining; several sheets starting or sprung; library stamps.

Established in 1821 by the American Colonization Society (ACS) to resettle emancipated slaves, Liberia stands as Africa's oldest republic and the only nation on the continent never subjected to colonial rule. In 1822, the first group of 86 Black volunteers, accompanied by white ACS agents, arrived at Cape Montserrado. By 1824, the settlement was renamed "Monrovia" in honor of President James Monroe, an ACS member, and the nation adopted the name Liberia. Over the next four decades, roughly 19,000 African Americans undertook the journey to Liberia. These settlers, known as Americo-Liberians, were joined by approximately 5,000 Africans liberated from intercepted slave ships, along with a smaller number of immigrants from the West Indies.

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[African-Americana] Group of 4 Items Related to Liberia, ca. 1817-1975

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[African-Americana] Group of 4 Items Related to Liberia, ca. 1817-1975

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