The American Colonization Society celebrated its Forty-sixth Anniversary ... and as a political measure, Liberia becomes of incalculable importance, as it now stands, an independent Republic ...

In 1816, the American Colonization Society, or ACS, was formed to pursue this goal. "They aimed to form a colony in Africa and to have free Blacks who chose to go to leave and go to Liberia," C.

With its powerful membership of politicians, philanthropists and other influential public figures, the American Colonization Society was well positioned to gain government funding for its schemes ...

The same year Russwurm emigrated to Liberia where he worked for the American Colonization Society, serving as colonial secretary (1830-34) and as editor of The Liberia Herald. He then joined the ...

Correct historical misinformation about Liberia’s founding ... Associate Justice Bushrod Washington, and the American Colonization Society. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting ...

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free ... United States government to establish the African colony of Liberia, where it transported approximately 12,000 blacks over ...

Last night the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Colonization Society was held in the Hall ... The national recognition of Liberia by the United States was suggested, and ably argued ...