Category:American Colonization Society members
The American Colonization Society was a organization founded in 1816 that promoted the emigration of free African Americans to Africa, particularly to the colony of Liberia which it established in 1822. The society attracted support from a diverse coalition that included abolitionists who viewed colonization as a path to ending slavery, slaveholders who wanted to remove free blacks from American society, and those who believed African Americans would face better opportunities in Africa than in the racially restrictive United States.
Members of the American Colonization Society included prominent politicians, clergymen, philanthropists, and social reformers who played significant roles in 19th-century American politics and society. The organization's influence waned after the Civil War as most African Americans rejected colonization in favor of claiming their rights as American citizens, and the society was formally dissolved in 1964.
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Pages in category "American Colonization Society members"
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