AFRICAN REPOSITORY AND COLONIAL JOURNAL. VOL. I. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE MANAGERS OF THE AMERICAN The Profits ansing from this work, are devoted to the cause of the Society, Washington City: WAY & GIDEON, PRINTERS, 383 Benefits of Religious instruction to the people of Colour, 327 giving Lafayette's opinion, 285 Contributions and Donations, 160, 222, 288, 348, 382 Error corrected, Register, Niles' weekly (extracts) 23 64, 115 254 354 $83 248 7 320 96 316 126, 128 159 88 132 259 256, 384 373 249 171, 255, 278 Review, of Discourse of Dr. Dana, and the address of the Rev Wm. Meade, 140 of Rev. L. Bacon's plea and speech of P. Grattan, Esq. Slavery, extract from report on the abolition of the opinion of the General Assemby of the Presbyterian church concerning it opinion of General Lafayette on Suggestions, interesting Senegal, gum trade at Thoughts, on Cape Monstserado, from S. T. Coleridge, To our friends, West Indies, British AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. tive was instructed to "correspond with the President of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining a territory on the coast of Africa, or some other place not within the State, or territorial go sons of colour as are now free, and may desire the same, and for those who may hereafter be emancipated this commonwealth." It may be proper at the commencement of our work, to give a concise history of this Institution. The objects proposed by this Society, had, long before its origin, attracted the attention and occupied the thoughts of several en-vernments of the United States, to lightened and intelligent indivi-serve as an asylum for such perduals. As early as the administration of Mr. Jefferson, the Governor of Virginia, at the request of he legislature of that state, ad-in Gressed a letter to the President, But those operations which gave with enquiries concerning the best existence to the Colonization Someans of obtaining a territory forciety, are to be traced principally, the colonization of free people of to the thoughts and exertions of a colour. The opinion expressed in retired, but eminent christian in reply was, that an establishment | New Jersey. For years had the should be formed in Africa similar condition of the free coloured poto that then existing in Sierra pulation of our country, excited Leone. A short time before the the compassion of the Reverend organization of the Society, this Robert Finley, and aroused the subject was brought forward more whole vigour of his intellect, to prominently by Virginia, in cer- form plans for their relief. In the tain resolutions adopted by her exiled children of Africa, this good legislature, by which the execu-man saw not merely the heirs to a |