AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.18 Debates About Emigration, Colonization, and Belonging in America
Notes
The American Colonization Society (1816) promoted sending free Black Americans to Liberia. Most Black leaders rejected it, insisting on rights in the US; some (Martin Delany) supported emigration.
Practice
The American Colonization Society promoted:
1816.
Most free Black leaders responded to colonization by:
"This is our home."
Martin Delany is associated with:
Early Black nationalist.
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