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Excerpt from American Colonization Society, and the Colony at Liberia The Society was organized at the city of Washington, in the winter of 1816. Previously to this period, nothing of importance had been done to colonize people of color. Its object. "The object to which its attention is to be exclusively directed, is to promote and execute a plan of colonizing (with their own consent) the free people of color residing in our country, in Africa, or such other place as Congress shall deem expedient." Funds. The income of the Society has been gradually increasing since its formation, through it never has received assistance from the treasury of the general government. The amount of donations from 1821 to 1828, inclusive, was between $ 82,000 and $83,000. In 1820, $20,293 61. In 1830, $27,209 39. In 1831, more than $32,000. Resolutions of State Legislatures. Resolutions, approving the object of the Society have been passed in the Legislatures of the following States, viz.; - New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. And most of them have recommended the Society to the patronage of the National Government. Views of distinguished men. A large number of men, of distinguished eminence, in various parts of the Union, have warmly espoused the cause of the Society. Among whom are Hon. Charles Carroll, Hon. William H. Crawford, Hon. Henry Clay, Jeremiah Day, D. D., Chief Justice Marshall, Hon. Richard Rush, Rt. Rev. Bishop White, Hon. Theodore Frelingbuysen, Hon. John Cotton Smith, Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. David L. Morrill, and Hon. Elijah Paine, of Vermont. Gen. Lafayette is a warm friend, and is one of its Vice Presidents. 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.