Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Maryland Colonization Journal, Vol. 4: April, 1848
As to Liberia itself, it is a part of God's world, subject to his Providence, and possessing upon an average, just about as many advantages and disadvantages as any one other part of this same world. Respecting the kind or character of people best fitted to go there, why, doubtless, those possessing the most energy, industry, mental and physical capacity and moral worth, stand the best chance of success. As to the Outfit of Emigrants, the first and all-important requisition is a good share of the Spirit of the Pilgrims - a determination to enjoy civil and religious liberty. We have never yet known a man strongly possessed of this feeling, to regret going to Liberia, or express any longing for a return to the flesh pots of Egypt. It is an infallible preventive against any inclination to turn back upon Sodom. As to answering Objections to going to Liberia, as they are generally made and under stood, it is virtually answering a fool according to his folly. There is but one objection, and that general and universal, against going to Liberia; it is the ground work of all the organized opposition to the Colonization scheme, and of the abuse so liberally, heaped upon the Society. It is plainly this; - that equality with the whites, - social and political equality, is attainable in this land, by remaining here, as an unit, and demanding it. This is the creed of the abolition opponents to Colonization, both white and colored. Time, not assertions or reasoning, will prove the soundness or fallacy of this theory. Indications are at present strongly against it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.