Petition #11682604

Abstract

The Colonization Society of Richmond and Manchester, an auxiliary of the American Colonization Society, seeks additional aid to "facilitate the emigration of free people of colour" to Africa. The petitioners inform the court that they "entertain a firm conviction that while this plan so far as it shall prove successful will greatly improve the condition of the emigrants, and of the African race, it is of deep interest to the people of the United States generally, and to those of the slave holding states particularly." At the last session of the legislature they presented their grounds for applying for such aid; they believe there is no need to "recapitulate" their arguments and they trust that "the benevolent spirit, the wise policy which operated with the last legislature and induced that honorable body to afford its countenance & aid to the great object of the Society remain undiminished, and will induce the present legislature to listen with favour to the application" for similar aid.

Result: Referred to committee.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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