!

AN

INQUIRY

INTO THE

CHARACTER AND TENDENCY

OF THE

AMERICAN COLONIZATION,

AND

AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY

SOCIETIES.

BY WILLIAM JA Y.

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according
to my conscience, above all liberties."-MILTON.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by WILLIAM JAY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

D. Fanshaw Printer.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

Introduction -

CHAPTER I.

Origin, Constitution, and Character of the American

Colonization Society.

CHAPTER II.

Influence of the Society on the condition of Free Per-

sons of Color.

CHAPTER III.

Influence of the Society on Africa-Suppression of

the Slave Tradę.

CHAPTER IV.

Influence of the Society on Africa-Diffusion of Civili-

zation and Christianity.

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