Antedating of "Colonialism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

colonialism (OED 1853)

1847 _Commercial Advertiser_ (New York) 28 July 2 (America's Historical Newspapers)  In geographical nomenclature this state is glutted with Anglican importations. ... All that remains of colonialism is this nomenclature.

Fred Shapiro

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org