“Resolved, That we hold these truths to be self-evident (and it is the boasted declaration of our independence), that all men (black and white, poor and rich) are born free and equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

“Resolved, That we feel it to be our duty to be true to the constitution of our country, and are satisfied with the form of government under which we now live; and, moreover, that we are bound in duty and reason to protect it against foreign invasion; that we always have done so and will do so still.

“Resolved, That we view the efforts of the Colonization Society as officious and uncalled for.  We have never done anything worthy of banishment from our friends and home.”—­Garrison, “Thoughts on African Colonization,” 41.

[36] Garrison, “Thoughts on African Colonization,” 40-41.

[37] Ibid., 33-34.

[38] Ibid., 45-47.

[9] Believing it his duty to aid any free person or persons of color who thought it best and wished to emigrate, instead of opposing them he had given his personal support in their efforts to leave the country.  Records would show that he had helped the most prominent men of the Colony to get there, among them being John B. Russwurm and James M. Thompson, two excellent men and good scholars.—­African Repository, X, 187.

[40] Cornish and Wright, “The Colonization Scheme Considered,” 7.

[40a] African Repository, XXIV, 158.

[41] The African Repository, XXIV, 261.

[42] Reference is here made to the “Black Laws” of Ohio, passed to prevent the immigration of persecuted blacks from the South into that commonwealth.

[43] Proceedings of the Third Annual Convention of the Free People of Color.

[44] At this time the free blacks throughout the country were being urged by Abolitionists to redouble their attacks on the American Colonization Society.  The Negroes merely needed to follow their lead.

[46] Having the idea that the colonization scheme meant the expatriation of the free Negroes, several of their eminent leaders and anti-slavery friends advocated the colonization of the colored people on the western public lands.

[45] The African Repository, XX, 316, 317.

[47] The African Repository, XXII, 265.

[48] Ibid., XXVI, 221.

[49] Stebbins, “Facts and Opinions Touching the Real Origin and Influence of the American Colonization Society,” 196.

[50] Ibid., 197.

[51] Ibid., 202.

[52] Ibid., 199.

[53] Ibid., 200.

[54] Ibid., 201.

[55] Ibid., 206.

[56] Ibid., 206.

[57] Stebbins, “Facts and Opinions Touching the Real Origin, Character and Influence of the American Colonization Society,” 207.