The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge ...

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society respectfully represent that, being about to commence the ...

but it was his arrival—and subsquent three additional voyages over the next twelve years—that shephereded in an era of exploration and colonization of North and South America. While this ...

a region that connects North and South America. It discusses the impact of Spanish colonization, highlighting the agricultural practices of indigenous tribes and the introduction of crops like ...

Economic independence was another form of resistance for Black women in colonial Boston. Zipporah Potter Atkins was the first recorded Black woman to own property in America, purchasing land in ...

Click the image above to watch this documentary online. In towns throughout Ontario, there are startling reminders of the colonization of Indigenous territories and the displacement of First ...

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Speech of Rear-Admiral Foote. The American Colonization Society celebrated its Forty-sixth Anniversary in Rev. Dr. SUNDERLAND'S Church, Washington, on the evening of Jan. 20. J.H.B. LATROBE ...