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7979. SLAVES (Emancipation), Gradual.—

I concur entirely in your leading principles
of gradual emancipation, of establishment
on the coast of Africa, and the patronage of our
nation until the emigrants shall be able to protect
themselves.—
To Dr. Thomas Humphreys. Washington ed. vii, 57. Ford ed., x, 76.
(M. 1817)