First Constitution of the Republic of Liberia
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; Issued Chiefly for the use of the Free People of Color.
Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 1848.
Price: $3,500.00
About the item
16pp. Large 8vo. Stitched. Perforated library stamp on the title and terminal leaf, inked stamp on verso of title.
Item #371029
Largely reprinted from articles in the Liberia Herald, contents include the Constitution and Declaration of Independence of Liberia; 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.
Scarce, and according to the title, printed for the use of free people of color.
