Excerpt from The Sixth Annual Report of the American Society: For Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States; With an Appendix The Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Colonization Society, was held in the Capitol, Washington City, on Thursday, February 20th, 1823. In the Absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, General Charles F. Mercer was called to the Chair. The Annual Report was then read by the Agent; and, on motion of George Washington Parke Custis, Esq. Resolved Unanimously, That the thanks of this Society are due to the Managers and Officers of the Society, for the faithful discharge of their duties during the past year. On the motion of General R. G. Harper, Resolved Unanimously, That the thanks of this Society be presented to the President and Officers of the Massachusetts Society, to aid in the suppression of the Slave Trade; for the kind assistance lent by them to the Agent of the Board in his recent visit to New-England; and that they be assured that this Society entertain for them sentiments of high consideration and esteem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.