Thanks, Douglas.  What I don't understand is how Coles could have taken
his own slaves to Illinois to free them on American soil if he believed in
colonization.  That seems a contradiction to me.  I wonder if he embraced
the idea of colonization later.  Thanks for the reference.

HW

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