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title: 'Africa and Colonization: An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts Colonization Society, May 27, 1857'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1857-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonization'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1857-africa-and-colonization-an-address-delivered-before-the-massachusetts-colonization-society-may-27-1857
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# Africa and Colonization: An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts Colonization Society, May 27, 1857

1857 address urging American colonization and Christianization of Africa, arguing Africa's latent capacities and destiny for civilization through colonization and evangelism.

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