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Liberia:

Wilson, Charles Morrow . LIBERIA 1847-1947 (signed)
New York 1947 first edition Sloane. Hardcover. Octavo, 226pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. **Signed presentation copy from Wilson. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a26287)
$35.00 Jones, Rufus M. . ELI AND SYBIL JONES THEIR LIFE AND WORK
Philadelphia 1889 Coates. Quaker missionaries in Liberia, Europe and Syria .Hardcover. Small octavo, 316pp., cloth. VG. (a37953)
$65.00 Mitchell, Francis . GROWN UP LIBERIA
NY 1945. Author, born in Trinidad, is described on title page as 'Author, lecturer, scientist, adventurer, traveler and soldier.' He spent 3 years in Liberia and is critical of its postwar government and in some ways of its people. 8vo., 144pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. Rare. (a8163)
$65.00 Breckenridge, William L . HINTS ON COLONIZATION AND ABOLITION WITH REFERENCE TO THE BLACK RACE
no date but latest text date is 1840 . first edition. no author printed but in ink on top of first page is written "from W L Breckenridge" and in pencil under title is written "By Wm. L. Breckinridge." small octavo. 25p. Sewn binding with later paper backstrip. A few ink correction in text in same ink as name of author on top page. Author is opposed to slavery ("Slavery cannot endure. The just, and generous and enlightened hearts and minds of those who own the slaves will not allow the system to endure." (p.15)) and carefully discusses advantages and disadvantages of various programs to end slavery. He concludes: "Do we prefer giving fifty or an hundred millions of dollars to restore them to their native land; or a thousand millions to pay mercenaries to make them work, and finally to cut their throats?"(p. 25). Some time around 1830, Reverend William L Breckenridge, of Kentucky, manumitted 11 of his slaves who then set sail for Liberia. Rare. (a92503)
$200.00