American Colonization Society
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The American Colonization Society (ACS; in full, "The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America"), established in 1817 by Robert Finley of New Jersey, was the primary vehicle to support the return of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821–22 as a place for freedmen. Among its supporters were Charles Fenton Mercer, Henry Clay, John Randolph, and Richard Bland Lee.
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See also
- Atlantic slave trade
- Colonization Societies
- History of Liberia
- Lott Carey, of Richmond, Virginia, the first American missionary to Liberia
- Loring D. Dewey, agent of ACS who promoted free blacks' emigration to Haiti in the 1820s
- Maryland State Colonization Society
- Slavery in the United States
- Samuel Wilkeson, in 1838, he became general agent of the Society
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