Thoughts on African Colonization.

8vo, pamphlet, original wrappers, iv, [160] 76 pp. Rebacked, and with some repairs to cover, including archival tape repairs to spine to fix a two inch tear along the top of spine, minor tears and nicks on spine and edges, covers darkened, some dampstaining and foxing, paper appears to be a little creased or warped; otherwise good. Garrison, who was born in 1805, along with Wendell Phillips and John Greenleaf Whittier were considered the three most influential leaders of the war against slavery. Garrison's strong views opposing slavery got him arrested a couple of times, involved in libel lawsuits and dragged through the streets of Boston on a rope by an angry mob. He was hated by southern slaveholders because of his intensity, and was charged with the intention of driving slaves to insurrection. The state of Georgia offered a $5000 reward for his arrest because of these allegations. Garrison founded the "Genius of Universal Emancipation" and the "Liberator" in 1831, which ran for 30 years. In this rather scarce pamphlet Garrison cities his opposition to The American Colonization Society. He believed some of their notions were incorrect, and took issue with their negative views and comments about Blacks. Garrison died in 1879. ANB.