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Another example showing the emigration of former slaves to Liberia in the 19th c. was not voluntary

Posted on 17 November 2021 by Dr. Fred P.M. van der Kraaij

In the 19th century, the American Colonization Society (ACS), a white-dominated private organization, financed and organized the transportation of nearly 13,000 African-Americans to the West Coast of Africa and their settlement on a coastal strip of land, with diplomatic, military, … Continue reading →

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