"Encouraging the Colored Population of the United States to Emigrate to British Guiana" is a book aimed at studying and promoting the idea of African American emigration from the United States to British Guiana as a way to escape racial discrimination and find better conditions for self-realization. Authors Richard Gildreth and Edward Carbery challenge readers to consider the benefits of moving and changing their lives for the better. This book provokes debate about the social, political and moral issues related to emigration, laying out important paths for the development of the African American community and its identity.