Excerpt from Observations on the Physical, Intellectual, and Moral Qualities of Our Colored Population: With Remarks on the Subject of Emancipation and Colonization The following Essay was written several months ago, and before any disgraceful scenes, such as those that have recently occurred, had tarnished the efforts of philanthropy. As it was designed for newspaper publication, it was divided into brief numbers. Although he is aware that it has been too carelessly drawn up to bear the test of criticism as a literary composition, the writer has been reluctant to revise it, lest he might be tempted to infuse into it too much of the feeling that recent events are calculated to produce. In the hope that the historical facts that have been cited in the essay, may have a tendency to direct public attention to some rational mode of eleva. Ting the condition of our colored population, the following pages are respectfully submitted for examination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.