American colonization society

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Dates:
Active 1772
Active 1954

Biographical notes:

The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there.

From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821

The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is now Liberia.

From the description of American Colonization Society broadside and letter, 1842. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 263979206

Society concerned with re-patriating African-Americans to Africa.

From the description of Papers, 1851-1854. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878797

The American Colonization Society was established in 1817 and was originally named the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States. The Society supported the idea of helping free African Americans settle in Africa so as to enjoy greater freedoms.

The Reverend Charles Henry Hall (1820-1895) was rector of the Holy Trinity Church, located at Clinton and Montague Streets in Brooklyn, N.Y., from January 1869 until his death. On January 11, 1887, he led the funeral service of his friend and prominent Brooklyn clergyman Henry Ward Beecher.

From the guide to the Charles H. Hall letter of invitation from the American Colonization Society, 1886, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Blacks
  • Clergy
  • Congresses and conventions
  • Exchanges Of Publications
  • Free African Americans
  • Freedmen
  • Lawyers
  • Liberia
  • Power of attorney
  • Smithsonian Exchange

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Places:

  • Liberia (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Columbus (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Macon (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Liberia (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • Liberia (as recorded)

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