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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Hamilton County, New York, Oswego County, New York, Montgomery County, Alabama, Penobscot County, Maine, Jackson County, Ohio, Monroe County, Illinois, Jackson County, Illinois, Jackson County, Indiana, Howard County, Missouri, Lewis County, West Virginia, Crawford County, Illinois, Perrysburg, Ohio, Orange County, Indiana, Pike County, Indiana, Pope County, Illinois, American Colonization Society, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Supreme Court of Indiana, San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, Fort Crawford, United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston, Ovid, New York, Congress of Tucuman, Peace Society, Auburn Correctional Facility, Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, Wentworth County, Ontario, Lagavulin Single Malt, Gottingen Observatory, Warsaw University Library, Senate of Finland, Fort Howard, Manchester Cricket Club, Union of Salvation, Sardinian lira, Caisse des depots et consignations, Villa Floridiana, Pearl Street Market, Nottingham Subscription Library, Muranovo, City Mission Society, United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. Excerpt: The American Colonization Society (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America), founded in 1816, was the primary vehicle to support the "return" of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821-22 as a place for freedmen. Its founders were Henry Clay, John Randolph, and Richard Bland Lee. Paul Cuffee, a wealthy mixed-race New England shipowner and activist, was an early advocate of settling freed blacks in Africa. He gained support from black leaders and members of the US Congress for an emigration plan. In 1811 and 1815-6, he financed and captained successful voyages to British-ruled Sierra Leone, wh...
