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The independent Republic of Liberia : its constitution and declaration of independence, address of the colonists to the free people of color in the United States, with other documents.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Liberia.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Constitution (1847)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberia--Politics and government.
- Liberia.
- Liberia--Colonization.
- Liberia. Constitution (1847).
- Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853.
- Greenleaf, Simon.
- Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876.
- Roberts, Joseph J.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 p. )
- Other Title:
- Independent Republic of Liberia
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : W.F. Geddes, printer, 1848.
- Notes:
- "Issued chiefly for the use of the free people of color."
- Two columns to the page.
- Largely reprinted from articles in the Liberia herald.
- Contents includes hymns with lines composed by prominent Liberians and sung at the celebration at Monrovia, Aug. 24, 1847; an account of the proceedings of the celebration of independence; resolutions addressed to the American Colonization Society; a letter from Chief Justice Samuel Benedict, president of the constitutional convention, mentioning president-elect Joseph Jenkins Roberts and Simon Greenleaf, drafter of the constitution; and an advertisement of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society soliciting support.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 40925.
- OCLC:
- 11
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