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American Colonization Society/Liberia

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Tucker Penny

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American Colonization Society/Liberia

By: Tucker Penny and Will Patterson

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American Colonization Society's(ACS) Establishment

  • Established in December 1816 by Robert Finley.
  • It was supposed to please two groups in the US.
  • One group was against African American freedom, and they were called the philanthropists.
  • The other group who supported the African Americans and their freedom was called the Abolitionists.

Robert Finley

  • Born in Princeton, NJ in 1772.
  • Was briefly president of University of Georgia.
  • Started college at age 11 at the College of New Jersey, later renamed Princeton University, and graduated when he was 15.
  • He started the ACS.
  • He later died on October 3, 1817.

What it Did

  • It returned freed American Slaves to Africa.
  • This got them away from other slave owners getting a hold of them and making them their new slaves.
  • But where would they take the freed slaves in Africa?

Liberia

  • The ACS decided to send slaves to Liberia (aka the Grain Coast).
  • The first time it went there was in 1822.
  • It is in Northwest Africa.
  • They purchased the land for this reason.
  • It was under the presidency of James Monroe.
  • Some African Americans decided to stay in the US and fight for the rights of slavery.
  • Over the next 40 years, about 19,000 African Americans settled there.

Monroe

Dependence

  • Both countries helped each other out if needed.
  • It was like where 2 people say, "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine," so that they both were helped.

Essential Question

Question: Who founded the American Colonization Society and why was it important?

ACS: Who founded the American Colonization Society and why was it important?

Liberia: What was Liberia used for?

Answer: Robert Finley, and it was important, because it sent slaves that were free to Africa.

Essential Question

Question: What was Liberia used for?

Answer: It was used as the location where freed slaves in American were sent, when they returned to Africa.

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