The African Repository for 1872 - Vol. XLVIII, Nos. 1 thru 12 [12 issues complete]
by Gurley, Ralph Randolph
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
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About This Item
Washington: American Colonization Society. Very Good-. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. This book comprises all twelve issues of The African Repository for the year 1872 bound together in plain black cloth with marbled page edges. Cloth has a tear at base of spine, ex-libris but no markings. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no foxing. Some of the articles include: The Diamond Fields of South Africa, The Bank of West Africa, The Caffres of South Africa, The Present African Slave Trade, Interesting Letter from Dr. Livingston, An African's Plantation, etc. In 1825 the American Colonization Society began this quarterly publication, The African Repository and Colonial Journal, edited by Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797-1872). The journal promoted both colonization and Liberia. Among the items printed were articles about Africa, letters of praise, official dispatches stressing the prosperity and steady growth of the colony, information about emigrants, and lists of donors. Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797 1872) was an American clergyman, an advocate of the separation of the races, and a major force for 50 years in the American Colonization Society. It offered passage to free black Americans to the ACS colony in west Africa. It bought land from chiefs of the indigenous Africans. Because of his influence in fundraising and education about the ACS, Gurley is considered one of the founders of Liberia, which he named. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38608
- Title
- The African Repository for 1872 - Vol. XLVIII, Nos. 1 thru 12 [12 issues complete]
- Author
- Gurley, Ralph Randolph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Colonization Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- American Colonization Society, Liberia, Back to Africa Movement, Emancipation, African Re-Colonization, Segregation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History; 19th Century; African Studies; Social History; African American Studies;
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