African colonization
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1863
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Colonization; Politics and government
Description: Two letters to President Lincoln arguing for the establishment of an American colony on the west coast of Africa. Buford suggests that this could be achieved by colonizing Angola or by taking control of the Republic of Liberia, and that the majority of the colonizing population might be composed of freed African-Americans.
Notes: Title from caption.

Both letters addressed "to the president of the United States" and signed: "N.B. Buford, Brig. Gen'l. U.S. Vols."

Fourth and eighth pages are blank.
Table of contents: title: [Letter no. 1.]: December 10, 1832; title: Letter no. 2: Feb. 12, 1863.