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Was The American Colonization Society founded for the purpose of returning freed slaves to the South?
FALSE!!
What was the major goal of the American Colonization Society?
The American Colonization Society was established in 1816 by Robert Finley. The American Colonization Society was formed to assist the free Black people in the country. They wanted to provide them with the opportunity to return to Africa because they were concerned that they would be unable to assimilate into the white society of this country. These Blacks, assisted by the Society, went on to build a large community in Liberia, which is a nation today. Both Abraham Lincoln and slave owning Henry Clay supported the Society.
The American Colonization Society favored returning enslaved African Americans to Africa because of a belief that?
c.
What race was John Hanson?
John Hanson, the first president of congress, was white; John Hanson, a part of the American Colonization Society, was African-American.
What African country established in 1822 by Freedmen patterned its government after the US?
Liberia was founded in 1822 by the "American Colonization Society" in an attempt to realize the dream of many (largely white) Americans to "return" blacks to Africa, and thus end racial problems in the US
