The Virginian History of African Colonization (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Virginian History of African Colonization

From that moment these three races started upon a new career, which is now in the process of development before our eyes, and which is destined, in our hum ble judgment, to fulfil upon a large scale that remarkable prophecy uttered thous ands of years before by the Patriarch Noah, when, standing upon the mount of inspiration, and looking down the course of future time, he proclaimed: God shall enlarge J apheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.

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Excerpt from The Virginian History of African Colonization

A problem: America in Africa; its solution in part. Remarkable series of events leading to the formation of the Colonization Society. Extraordinary concurrence of politicians of all parties and christians of all creeds. Apparent instances of Providential intervention. Injudicious defences of Slavery: the true ground upon which to rest our peculiar institution. The Colonization Society a true exponent of public sentiment, and a response to repeated demands of the General Assembly. Colonization and Abolition antagonistic: Colonization a safety-valve to the ship of State; Abolition the bursting of the boiler. Colonization stamped with the broad seal of the Commonwealth by ten General Assemblies in the course of fifty years; and sustained by the authority of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Marshall, and nearly all the governors of the State, and by a greater number of eminent Virginians than ever concurred in favor of any other measure of State policy.

In the year 1607 three English ships were driven by stress of weather into the capes of Virginia; and, having ascended the James River, effected the first permanent settlement of the white race upon the North American continent. In the year 1620, a Dutch man-of-war ascended the same river, and landed at the same place twenty African slaves. And now for the first time, the white man, the black man, and the red man stood face to face, and gazed upon each other in the New World.

From that moment these three races started upon a new career, which is now in the process of development before our eyes, and which is destined, in our humble judgment, to fulfil upon a large scale that remarkable prophecy uttered thousands of years before by the Patriarch Noah, when, standing upon the mount of inspiration, and looking down the course of future time, he proclaimed: "God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant."

The contemplation of the career upon which these three races started at that eventful moment will teach us some interesting and instructive lessons. There was the white man, the type of Christian civilization. He began immediately to increase in the most rapid and wonderful manner. In a very few years, he penetrated every river that opened its mouth into the Atlantic Ocean; he ascended every hill, passed every mountain, poured along the valleys, and spread over the continent.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.