THE AMERICAN

Prejudice Against Color.

AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE,

SHOWING HOW EASILY THE NATION GOT

INTO AN UPROAR.

BY WILLIAM G. ALLEN,

A REFUGEE FROM AMERICAN DESPOTISM.

LONDON:
W. AND F. G. CASH, 5, BISHOPSGATE-STREET-WITHOUT.
EDINBURGH: JOHN MENZIES.
DUBLIN: JAMES MC. GLASHAN AND J. B. GILPIN
1853

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PREFACE.

Extract of a letter from Hon. Gerrit Smith, of New York, Member ofCongress, to Joseph Sturge, Esq., of Birmingham, England. (By permissionof Mr. Sturge.)

"Peterboro', New York, March 23rd, 1853.

"I take great pleasure in introducing to you my much esteemed friend,Professor Wm. G. Allen. I know him well, and know him to be a man ofgreat mental and moral worth. I trust, in his visit to England, he willbe both useful and happy.

"Very truly, your friend and brother,
"GERRIT SMITH."

"Commending Professor Allen to the friends of the colored Americancitizens who are denied their rights in their own country, and wishinghim every success in the object before him,

"I am, respectfully,

"Birmingham, 6mo., 28d., 1853."JOSEPH STURGE."

"Clapham, August 25th, 1853.

"My dear Sir:—

"Your determination to spend some time in Great Britain, and to employyourself, as opportunities occur, in giving lectures and deliveringaddresses upon American topics, including the social position of thefree colored population—for which your education and personalexperience eminently fit you—has given me sincere pleasure. I trust youwill meet with ample encouragement from the friends of Abolitionthroughout the United Kingdom, to whose sympathy and kindness I wouldearnestly recommend you, and still more your heroic and most estimablelady.

"Believe me, most truly yours,

"Professor W. G. Allen"GEORGE THOMPSON."

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CONTENTS.