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Report of the naval committee to the House of Representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; designed to promote the emigration of free persons of color from the United States to Liberia: also to increase the steam navy, and to extend the commerce of the United States. : $b With an appendix added by the American Colonization Society.United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs

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Report of the naval committee to the House of Representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; designed to promote the emigration of free persons of color from the United States to Liberia: also to increase the steam navy, and to extend the commerce of the United States. : $b With an appendix added by the American Colonization Society.

Name: Report of the naval committee to the House of Representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; designed to promote the emigration of free persons of color from the United States to Liberia: also to increase the steam navy, and to extend the commerce of the United States. : $b With an appendix added by the American Colonization Society.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs

African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa; Mail steamers -- United States

Report of the Naval Committee to the House of Representatives August, 1850





                                  REPORT
                                  OF THE
                             NAVAL COMMITTEE
                                  TO THE
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
                              August, 1850,
                IN FAVOR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LINE OF
                             MAIL STEAMSHIPS
                                    TO
                       THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA,
                            AND THENCE VIA THE
                         MEDITERRANEAN TO LONDON;
                                 DESIGNED
            TO PROMOTE THE EMIGRATION OF FREE PERSONS OF COLOR
                    FROM THE UNITED STATES TO LIBERIA:
                                   ALSO
                       TO INCREASE THE STEAM NAVY,
                                   AND
               TO EXTEND THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

                                   WITH
                               AN APPENDIX
                               ADDED BY THE
                      AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

                               WASHINGTON:
                        PRINTED BY GIDEON AND CO.
                                  1850.




The memorial of Judge Bryan was referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs, composed of Representatives from the following States:

    Fred. P. Stanton, Tenn.
    Thos. S. Bocock, Va.
    Robert C. Schenck, Ohio.
    Emile La Sere, La.
    Hugh White, N. Y.
    Elbridge Gerry, Me.
    E. Carrington Cabell, Fla.
    John McQueen, S. C.
    Lewis C. Levin, Pa.


The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of
Joseph Bryan, of Alabama, for himself and his associates, George Nicholas
Sanders and others, praying the establishment of a line of steamers
from the United States to the coast of Africa, designed to promote the
colonization of free persons of color, to suppress the African slave
trade, to carry the mails, and to extend the commerce of the United
States, beg leave to submit the following Report:

    The proposition of the memorial involves an extension of that
    system, recently commenced by Congress, which has for its
    object the creation of a powerful steam navy, to be used in
    time of peace in carrying the mails, and in effecting great
    public objects, not to be attained by private enterprise
    without the aid of Congress. How far it may be desirable to
    extend this system will depend upon the double consideration of
    the present condition of our naval force, and the importance
    and feasibility of the ends to be accomplished by the measure.
    As to the first of these, the committee will present a brief
    statement of the facts material to a correct understanding of
    the comparative extent of our present steam navy.

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