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The first English colony comprising of men, women and boys (as opposed to military bastions) was in 1587. It failed, and has become known as the lost colony. This was the first ENGLISH colony. There were other attempts at colonization by other countries.
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Liberia In 1821 the American Colonization Society established Liberia as a place to send freed African-American slaves. African-Americans gradually immigrated to the colony and became known as Americo-Liberians, where many present day Liberians trace their ancestry.http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/7/7b/200px-Li-map.png
Of the thirteen British colonies on the North American continent, Rhode Island was the smallest in terms of land area.
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The first English colony comprising of men, women and boys (as opposed to military bastions) was in 1587. It failed, and has become known as the lost colony. This was the first ENGLISH colony. There were other attempts at colonization by other countries.
The Mississippi State Colonization Society was a society that resettled 570 emancipated and free blacks to Liberia. They created their own colony known as, â??Mississippi in Africa,â?? on the coast of Liberia in 1837.
The British Colony. It's of the southern coast of South America.
Members of the American Colonization Society wanted to send freed slaves to Africa because they believed that it would be a solution to racial tensions in the United States. They also wanted to encourage the spread of Christianity and Western civilization in Africa through the establishment of a colony for freed slaves.
Guyana
French Guiana
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