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cerned ; and I see it stated in tlie newspapers, that 

 there is one independent nation of black people, now 

 inhabiting one of the great islands between North 

 and South America. I see too, that in most of the 

 Southern States, the black people are increasin' faster 

 than the white folks, and it may be, that away off in 

 the future, after hundreds of years shall have passed 

 away, there will be, away down south, a country em- 

 bracin', may be, ten Southern States, a great nation 

 of black people, independent of all other nations, 

 makin' their own laws, a Christian and civilized na- 

 tion, servin' God accordin' to the Bible. And then 

 again, I read of the colored people goin' back to Af- 

 rica, b}' ship-loads, carry in' with them civilization, 

 and Christianity, and the Bible, and that they are 

 spreadin' out, and growin' amazin'ly, in that country 

 of their fathers. When I see all this, I say to myself 

 that the end of this cruel wrong, and great wicked- 

 ness of slavery, is to build up the colored race, and 

 make them a civilized and Christian people. That 

 Biavery, wicked as it surely is, is to be the means of 

 of civilizin' and Christianizin' Africa. To save the 

 negro race from bein' clean wiped out, as the Ingens 

 of this country will, one day be. To make Africa a 



