Produced by Suzanne Shell, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES Published 1852. CONTENTS The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Preface. 35 Chapter I. Condition of Many Classes in Europe Considered 41 Chapter II. Comparative Condition of the Colored People of the United States 44 Chapter III. American Colonization 58 Chapter IV. Our Elevation in the United States 63 Chapter V. Means of Elevation 67 Chapter VI. The United States Our Country 74 Chapter VII. Claims of Colored Men as Citizens of the United States 75 Chapter VIII. Colored American Warriors 91 Chapter IX. Capacity of Colored Men and Women as Citizen Members of Community 106 Chapter X. Practical Utility of Colored People of the Present Day as Members of Society--Business Men and Mechanics 113 Chapter XI. Literary and Professional Colored Men and Women 128 Chapter XII. Students of Various Professions 148 Chapter XIII. A Scan at Past Things 151 Chapter XIV. Late Men of Literary, Professional and Artistic Note 155 Chapter XV. Farmers and Herdsmen 158 Chapter XVI. National Disfranchisement of Colored People 161 Chapter XVII. Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 175 Chapter XVIII. "Republic of Liberia" 177 Chapter XIX. The Canadas 189 Chapter XX. Central and South America and the West Indies 193 Chapter XXI. Nicaragua and New Grenada 202 Chapter XXII. Things as They Are 204 Chapter XXIII. A Glance at Ourselves--Conclusion 211 Appendix. A Project for an Expedition of Adventure, to the Eastern Coast of Africa 221 _Sincerely dedicated to the American People, North and South._ _By Their Most Devout, and Patriotic Fellow Citizen, the Author_ PREFACE