TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONIZATION SOCIETY Presented at the Annual Meeting, May 25, 1853
by Latrobe, J. H. B. ; et al
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: T. R. Marvin. Very Good. 1853. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pages; Clean and complete in original peach colored wrappers; wrappers separating at spine, chipped at corners. Stitched at left edge. OCLC 430519058 Includes an address by J. H. B. Latrobe in addition to the usual reports on emancipations and repatriations, etc. John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe (18031891) was an American lawyer and inventor. Latrobe was a long-time supporter of the effort to establish a home in Africa for emancipated slaves. Succeeding Senator Henry Clay, Latrobe served as president of the American Colonization Society from 1853 until his death in 1891. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42978
- Title
- TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONIZATION SOCIETY Presented at the Annual Meeting, May 25, 1853
- Author
- Latrobe, J. H. B. ; et al
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. R. Marvin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Massachusetts Colonization Society, Back to Africa movement, African American "repatriation", Liberia, Emancipation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History; 19th Century; Political Science; Social History; African American Studies;
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