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 ...

Last night the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Colonization Society was held in the Hall of Representatives at the Capitol; and the night being very inclement, and the approaches to the ...

To be more specific: In the formation of the Colonization Society, history shows us that the multiplicity of motives incident to its establishment prevailed in no small degree.

In 1852, the African-American abolitionist Martin Delany wrote, “We look upon the American Colonization Society as one of the most arrant enemies of the colored man, ever seeking to discomfit ...

Elliott Cresson, American, 1797 - 1854 Description A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on ...

The President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society respectfully represent that, being about to commence the execution of the object to which their views have been long ...

The gulf was becoming a vital part of the American economy, a freeway for exporting slavery’s cotton and sugar crops.

The document contained no reference to colonization but instead envisioned emancipated slaves taking their places as productive members of American society.

With its powerful membership of politicians, philanthropists and other influential public figures, the American Colonization Society was well positioned to gain government funding for its schemes ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on early modern history and economic history continue with a video on the Russian Colonization of the Americas, as we see how Russia tried ...

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 ...