Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: New Jersey. Title: Colored American - September 1, 1838 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer reports on activities of the Colonization Society in New Jersey as it attempts to persuade free African Americans to move to Africa. Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; African Americans--Colonization; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Civil rights; Colonization; Consitution; crusade; government; inhumanity; Liberia; New Jersey; persecution; politics; prejudice; R. J. Breckenridge; resolution; State Colonization Society Convention; Theodore Frelinghuysen People: Breckenridge, R. J.; Frelinghuysen, Theodore Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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