Louise
At 10:11 AM 9/10/03, you wrote:
Marshall was a supporter of colonization, including raising money from the federal government and other sources to purchase the freedom of slaves and facilitate their immigration to Africa. He was one of the organizers of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color in 1816 (Bushrod Washington was its first president, and it included such luminaries as Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Webster) and later formed the Virginia Society for Colonization. Liberia was the destination point in Africa.
Keith Whittington
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- Subject: "Non-Governmental Emancipation of Slaves" Say what?
- I recently read that John Marshall advocated the non-governmental emancipation of slaves at least in his home state of Virginia. What does this mean? Was such a strategy ever taken seriously? If so, how would it work, simply by moral suasion? Economic or other 'coercive' influences? Did this strategy exist in any other state? Was it ever a serious movement? Who were its most prominent spokespersons? Any information concerning this issue would be appreciated. Thanks.
- Bobby Lipkin
- Widener University School of Law
- Delaware
