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The New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, General Research Division
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Ralph R. Gurley, Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia (New York: Robinson & Franklin, 1839)
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Jehudi Ashmun (1794-1828), a minister born in Champlain, New York, was appointed by the American Colonization Society as agent in Liberia. He arrived in 1822, along with thirty-five African-American emigrants, only to find the colony with few supplies, rampant health problems, and a hostile local population. Ashmun is often credited with bringing some stability to the young colony.
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| Image ID: | 1112115 |
Title: | Jehudi Ashmun, the founder of Liberia (from the portrait in Gurley's "Life of Ashmun".) |
Source: | Liberia by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf ; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith, 402 black and white illustrations from the author's drawings and from photographs by the author and others, 22 maps by Mr. J. W. Addison, Capt. H. D. Pearson, R. E., Lieut. E. W. Cox, R. E., and the author. |
Name: | Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir (1858-1927) - Author |
Published: | 1906 |
Location: | General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
Subjects: | American Colonization Society |
| Ashmun, J. (Jehudi), 1794-1828 |
| Champlain (N.Y.) |
| Colonial agents |
| Liberia |
| Portraits |
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Keywords: | American Colonization Society |
| Ashmun, Jehudi |
| Colonization |
| Liberia |
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