(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) COATES BENJAMIN Suggestions on the I

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) COATES, BENJAMIN. Suggestions on the Importance of the Cultivation of Cotton in Africa, in Reference to the Abolition of Slavery in the United States, through the Organization of an African Civilization Society. 52 pages. Copious charts, graphs etc. 8vo, original printed salmon wrappers, very slight wear. Philadelphia, 1858

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first and only edition. Benjamin Coates, the noted Quaker abolitionist, worked together with British cotton traders led by Thomas Clegg and African American leaders like Henry Highland Garnett to come up with a plan that would eliminate the Southern States' cotton monopoly, and in so doing put an end to the African Slave Trade. In 1858, an exploring expedition led by African Americans Martin R. Delany and Robert Campbell, travelled to Abeokuta in the Niger Valley to evaluate the area for cotton growth, but also for African American emigration. In fact Campbell returned to the Niger Valley with his family in 1861. This pamphlet prints a long letter from Reverend Alexander Crummell, as well as material from Thomas Clegg, and President Benson of Liberia.