Image via WikipediaThe American Colonization Society was established in 1816 by Reverend Robert Finley, a white Presbyterian minister. The society was born from Finley’s idea that blacks in the United States were a threat to the overall country and would only be able to fulfill their potential as human beings in Africa. He worked to complete his vision of slaveholders sending their slaves back to Africa to bring a progressive end to slavery. CONTINUE....
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