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Maryland in Liberia
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On Afric's Shore
"...Some eleven hundred black Americans-men, women, and children; some slave, some freedmen, some freeborn; most from Maryland-did emigrate to Cape Palmas between 1833 and 1856...They went to Africa for precisely the same reasons that inspired the westward movement of European settlers across North America: cheap or free land, economic opportunity, the chance to live, think, and worship in freedom, and the prospect that succeeding generations wuld have better lives. Moreover, settlers of Maryland In Liberia had a sense that they must prove a point to the rest of the world-that they could live and prosper as well as any other community. On Afric's Shore records their efforts do just that." -- Introd.
Maryland in Liberia; a History of the Colony Planted by the Maryland State Colonization Society Under the Auspices of the State of Maryland, U. S., at Cape Palmas on the Southwest Coast of Africa, 1833-1853 ... A Paper Read Before the Maryland...
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Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia
Published in 1847, this work records the constitution and legislative acts governing the Maryland State Colonization Society's settlement in Liberia. The book includes the names of the original emigrants and a list of the original founders of the colony. This source provides insight into the motivations behind the settlement, the difficulties faced by the pioneers, and the negotiations of the colonists with the local indigenous people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia
Excerpt from Constitution and Laws of Maryland in Liberia: With an Appendix of Precedents At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Maryland State Colonization Society, held on the 22d of November, 1833, Mr. Latrobe, from the committee on the subject of a Constitution and Form of Government and Digest of Laws for the territory that may be acquired by said society in Africa, to be called Maryland in Liberia, reported the towing form of a Constitution, which, after being read and considered, was, on motion by Dr. Baker, unanimously adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprod...
Maryland in Liberia
Excerpt from Maryland in Liberia: A History of the Colony Planted by the Maryland State Colonization Society Under the Auspices of the State of Maryland, U. S. At Cape Palmas on the South-West Coast of Africa, 1833-1853 It is certainly a noticeable fact that a private corporation of this State should have purchased territory in Africa from native kings, with all attributes of sovereignty, have planted there a colony of emigrants from Maryland, carrying with them a constitution, a bill of rights, and a system of laws that placed them, from the moment of landing, in the condition of a well-organized a system, one of the fundamental. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...
Maryland in Liberia
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Maryland In Liberia
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