The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, 1828, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, 1828, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by American Colonization Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The African Repository, and Colonial Journal, 1828, Vol. 3 Tan deep and increasing interest which is felt in many parts of this country, on the subject of the efforts to colonize the free people of colour of the United States, on the African coast, has induced the Board of Managers of the Colonization Society to propose the establishment of a periodical work, which shall fur nish the public with accurate information concerning the plans and prospects of their Institution; give a minute account of its opera tions, and of the condition and progress of the Colony; communi cate any new and interesting intelligence which may be received, relating to the Geography, Natural History, Manners, and Cus toms of Africa; and admit into its pages such essays as may be thought calculated to advance the interests of the Colony, or the cause of African Improvement, as well as select passages from authors who have already written on this subject; and important extracts from the Reports of such Foreign Associations as are making exertions to suppress the Slave Trade or relieve the Afri can race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.