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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.052 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1839 |
| Title | Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips Esq. |
| Date | 1839 |
| Author | Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Attacks colonizationists like Senator Henry Clay, "who dream of removing slavery by the process of draining it off to another country; a process about as reasonable as that of draining the Atlantic." He also argues that colonization confirms racial prejudice implicit in race-based slavery. |
| Subjects | African American History Africa Colonization Slavery Abolition Reform Movement Transcendentalism |
| People | Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842) Clay, Henry (1777-1852) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |