[Newspaper]: Africa s Luminary. February 19, 1841

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First edition. One loose issue: Vol. 2, No. 23, February 19, 1841. Single sheet folded to make four folio pages (12½" x 18¼"), printed by Walter P. Jayne in four columns. The masthead has small ink stamp of an historical society "withdrawn" stamp. Very faint pencil note at upper right corner, old horizontal and vertical creases (where folded for mailing), modest scattered foxing and soiling on page one, a good or better copy. A scarce early issue of this semi-monthly newspaper published and printed in Monrovia by the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, which was founded in 1817 with the goal of returning freed slaves to Africa. In 1822, the society established the colony of Liberia, and by 1867 more than 13,000 slaves had emigrated to Liberia. This issue features "Extracts from the minutes of the Liberia Mission Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, kept during the session in January, 1841" (comprising nearly one full page in four columns); and a report of the "Supreme Court of Liberia. Monrovia, Feb. 9, 1841. The Commonwealth of Liberia vs. John G. Jackson, master of the Br. schooner Guineaman" (also comprising nearly one full page, followed by an editorial on the trial). Also included is general information about African colonization, with topical information gathered from various sources, a "Marine List" of arrivals and departures of specific ships, "The Liberian Almanac" by Jabez A. Burton, and news specific to the Methodist community. A scarce, well-preserved survival. N° de ref. del artículo 520955

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