I present the petition of a very considerable number of colored citizens of Whitfield County. Georgia. who state that they are descendants of a people torn from Africa and brought to this country. where for two hundred years their children have contributed by their labor to increase the wealth of every portion of the United States. They greatly desire to go to the land of their forefathers and make it their home. but they have not the means of paying their passage and providing for their immediate wants on their arrival in Liberia. They therefore ask for the appropriation by Congress of not exceeding $100 per capita.. to beexpended under thedirectionof theAmerlcan Colonization Society in paying the expenses of emigrants to Liberia and providing six months shelter and support for themselves and their children on their arrival there. I suppose the petition had better be referred to the Committee on Finance. as it involves a large expenditure of money.
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