4. That those who are sensible of the evil of slavery, form themselves into Christian Manumission Societies, excluding slaveholders from their number. 5. That they send forth missionaries to preach the acceptable year of the Lord to slaveholders. 6. That all these societies establish a correspondence with each other through the Genius of Universal Emancipation. The Genius, IV, 143. [42] Minutes of the American Convention for 1826, p. 48. [43] Tennessee History Magazine, I, 276. [44] Niles Register, XIV, 321. [45] “We wish you, therefore, to know, that within our bounds the public sentiment appears clearly and decidedly in your favor, and that the more vigorously and perseveringly you combine and extend your exertions on the plan you have adopted, the more you are likely to be crowned with the approbation of the people as well as with the higher rewards of doing good. While, then the heralds of salvation go forth in the name and strength of their Divine Master, to preach the Gospel to every creature, we ardently wish that your exertions and the best influence of all philanthropists may be united, to ameliorate the condition of human society, and especially of its most degraded classes, till liberty, religion, and happiness shall be the enjoyment of the whole family of man.” Tenth Annual Report of American Colonization Society, 67-8. [46] Fifth Annual Report of American Colonization Society, 119. [47] Minutes of the American Convention for 1825, p. 18; Eighth Annual Report of American Society for Colonization of the Free People of Color, p. 39. [48] Eighth Annual Report of American Society for Colonization of the Free People of Color, p. 29. [49] The Genius, IV, 66. [50] Ibid., 67. [51] Tenth Annual Report of American Colonization Society of the Free People of Color, 1827, 61-2. [52] Twelfth Annual Meeting of American Colonization Society, 1829, 65. [53] African Repository, VI, 75. [54] American Colonization Society Report, VI, 178. [55] African Repository. VI, 75; Ibid., V, 378. [56] American Colonization Society Report, VI, 178; Auxiliaries at Bolivar, Somerville, Memphis, Covington, Jackson, Paris, Clarksville, Columbia, Shelbyville, Winchester, Murfreesboro, Gallatin, Knoxville, Marysville, New Market, Jonesboro, and Kingsport. [57] Tenth Annual Report for American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color, 1829, p. 61. [58] African Repository, VI, 76. [59] African Repository, V, 378. [60] Ibid., 379. [61] Ibid., VI, 276. [62] Ibid., VII, 145. [63] Ibid., 313. [64] Ibid., IX, 282; Niles Register, Vol. 45, p. 182. [65] Acts of 1833, Ch. 64, Sec. 1. [66] The Nashville Banner, October 15, 1833. [67] Petitions to the Legislature, 1832-33. State Archives. [68] African Repository, XXII, 39. [69] Ibid., XXV, 28. [70] Constitution of the Society, Art. 2; African Repository. XXIV, 272. [71] African Repository, XXIV, 288. [72] Acts of 1850, Ch. 130, Secs. 5 and 8.