NEW YORK STATE COLONIZATION SOCIETY Elaborate membership cer

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NEW YORK STATE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Elaborate membership certificate. 16-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches, with a pictorial vignette 7-1/2 x 6 inches, depicting the arrival of a ship of American slaves "returning" to Africa. New York, 1854

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An elaborate membership certificate for Reverend S. H. [?] Lord, of Harlem. Of course, Harlem was at this time a predominantly Dutch neighborhood. Signed by Anson Phelps and J. B. Pinney, a New York clergyman. The New York State Colonization Society was part of the larger American Colonization Society.