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DEWEES, JACOB. The Great Future of America and Africa; an Essay Showing Our Whole Duty to the Black Man. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1854. 1st ed. 8vo. [4], 8-236 pp. Orig. cloth, spine ends chipped. A tight copy, internally fine. $175.00
LCP/HSP Afro-Americana Catalogue, 3094. Sabin 19840. The author envisions an ambitious project of economic development in Africa on the part of the U.S. with former slaves providing the labor. Money derived from rentals, and more prudent management of public land, is to be used to educate the freed slaves and to prepare them for this task and to remunerate their former masters and encourage new economies in the South.