Petition #11682701

Abstract

Members of the Colonization Society of Richmond and Manchester, an auxiliary of the American Colonization Society, represent to the legislature that "a few years only have elapsed since the formation of a settlement on the Coast of Africa, intended as a permanent and voluntary asylum for the free people color of the United States." According to the petitioners, the experiment, through the unaided efforts of a few benevolent individuals" has been "crowned with success." However, the effort needs assistance from the legislature. It is obvious, the petitioners assert, that existence of free blacks among the white population is a "positive evil" and their increase in numbers in proportion to the rest community has "more alarming in prospect," Even more so, they contend, now that the whole scheme is "likely to be frustrated" by the enemies of humanity. They ask that the legislature renew the same generous support that is has provided the Society in the past.

Result: Referred to committee.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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