Cover title Pamphlet "Under the following heads: The origin of the Society ; Increase of the colored population ; Manumission of slaves in this country ; Declarations of legislatures, and other assembled bodies, in favor of the society ; Situation of the colonists at Monrovia and other towns ; Moral and religious character of the settlers ; Soil, climate, productions, and commerce of Liberia ; Advantages to the free colored population, by emigration to Liberia ; Disadvantages of slavery to the white population ; Character of the natives of Africa, before the irruptions of the Barbarians ; Effects of colonization on the slave trade, with a slight sketch of that nefarious and accursed traffic"--Cover Letter I: The Southampton massacre ; Difference between the state of slavery in Greece and Rome, and in the United States ; Various plans of colonization ; Objects of the Colonization Society (Philadelphia, April 8, 1832) -- Letter II: Early plans of colonization ; Mr. Jefferson's and Mr. Thornton's ; Resolve of the legislature of Virginia ; Ineffectual negotiations ; Formation of the Colonization Society (Philadelphia, April 10, 1832) -- Letter III: Agents sent to Africa to explore the coast for a suitable situation ; Land purchased ; Conflict with the natives ; Agent seized by them ; Monrovia besieged ; In imminent danger ; Colonists triumph ; Peace (Philadelphia, April 12, 1832) -- Letter IV: Increase of the colored population (Philadelphia, April 14, 1832) -- Letter V: Expense of passage ; Manumissions (Philadelphia, April 14, 1832) -- Letter VI: Progress of Liberia ; Inauspicious commencement in Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina (Philadelphia, April 18, 1832) -- Letter VII: Legislative proceedings in favor of the Society ; Connecticut, New Jersey, Kentucky, Delaware, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Maryland ; Synod of Utica ; General assembly of the Presbyterian Church ; Methodist Episcopal Conference -- Letter VIII: Situation of the colonists in Liberia ; Testimony of a committee in Monrovia ; Of Captain Nicholson ; Of Captain Kennedy ; Of Captain Sherman ; Of Captain Abels ; Morals and manners (Philadelphia, April 22, 1832) -- Letter IX: Soil and climate of Liberia ; Commerce and productions ; Disadvantages of slavery to the white population ; Advantages of colonization to our free colored population -- Letter X: Of Africa before the interruptions of Barbarians ; Effects of the colonization on the slave trade ; Slight sketch of that nefarious traffic No map present 1021-CW 18