Letter on Colonization: Addressed to the Rev. Thorton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James G. Birney

9780483208919: Letter on Colonization: Addressed to the Rev. Thorton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Letter on Colonization: Addressed to the Rev. Thorton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society

Has a free0 colol ed man, bv his industry, secured tor himself and those dependent upon him, a permanent place of residence, or do the avails of his economy and exertions lie in real property Acts of banishment exist compelling him to remove within ninety dayx Does he seek employment in distant commerce, or is be but a simple mariner on board a vessel entering the ports of sev eral of the slave states, either for purposes ot 3trade or through stiess of weathei. He is thrown into prison as a felon, and there detained at the Captain's cost [which eventually must be his] until the vessel is ready to depart.

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