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In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.

Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's segregationist ideology has a lasting impact on America and Liberia. On December 21, 1816, a ...
PBS

American Colonization Society: a Memorial to the United States Congress

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society respectfully represent that, being about to commence the ...
PBS

American Colonization Society

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...
The Baltimore Sun

‘The real story of Liberia is a story of survival’: Remembering the role of Black and white Marylanders in the creation of Africa’s first republic

With its palm trees and mangrove swamps, Liberia’s Maryland County is a world away from Fells Point. Yet it’s there, on the West Coast of Africa, where more than 1,000 free and formerly enslaved ...
AOL

Lafayette's Findley and Webster moved to Liberia as part of Indiana Colonization Society

In the mid-19 th century, Liberia, a colony of the American Colonization Society on Africa’s western bulge, promised an African government with equal opportunities. In 1851, a Lafayette Daily Courier ...
Case Western Reserve University

CUYAHOGA COUNTY COLONIZATION SOCIETY

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY COLONIZATION SOCIETY formed at the Academy on 8 Jan. 1827. The society favored ending slavery by colonization: the U.S. government would buy slaves from their masters and transport ...
The New York Times

THE AFRICAN CIVILIZATION SOCIETY.; Response to its Opponents No Connection with the Colonization Society. - The New York Times

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
The Nation

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before

From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well. Among Donald Trump’s ...
Business Insider

In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.

The American Colonization Society's mission was to relocate freed Black Americans to Africa. Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's ...
The New York Times

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...