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[circa 1863]. Manuscript speech on the efficacy and possibilities of emancipation with colonization, suggesting the expatriation of American slaves to the Caribbean upon emancipation. String-tied sheets. [24]pp. Just about fine. A neatly written and very easily readable speech with several neat corrections. Interspersed in the text are several brief newspaper clippings on the subject, apparently intended to be quoted in the speech; one small clipping is lacking. The author of the speech, and the audience to whom it was delivered are not readily apparent, but could possibly be discerned by someone less lazy than us. There is some evidence that the speaker was from Essex County, Massachusetts. The context leads us to believe that it was delivered soon after 1 January 1863 -- the author notes that most of his talk was written before "the famous emancipation proclamation" and other changes in the text reflect the effect of the Proclamation on the speech. The author contends that the two races cannot live together because they cannot intermarry and thus must not occupy the same land. While he feels freedmen should be able to vote and hold office, he further feels that racial equality will eventually lead to race war in some parts of the country, and consequently reviews the possibilities for expatriation to Haiti and elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. The speaker also reviews the history of communities of freed slaves in South America, reviews arguments about the capacity of American shipping to undertake mass emigration, suggests a bespoke steam ship company to take American Negroes to tropic lands, and so forth. A fascinating speech, not entirely without compassion, but pretty adamant about removing freed slaves from the U.S. . more information

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New York: Concord Baptist Church. 1959. First. Very good minus. One page folded to make four. . more information

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. (1949). First. First edition. Bookstore label else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper. Novel about Cuba during the 1890s. . more information

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