Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: American Colonization Society. Title: Colored American - May 27, 1837 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Despite its good intentions, the writer believes that the American Colonization movement is a politically motivated ploy to remove people of color from the U.S., and thus solve the moral problem of slavery. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African Americans--Colonization; Antislavery movements--United States; Colonization; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: American Colonization Society; Freedom's Journal; justice; politics; prejudice Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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