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The colony formed by the American Colonization Society was located in Africa, specifically on the west coast of the continent. This settlement, established in 1822, became known as Liberia, intended as a place for freed African American slaves. Liberia declared its independence in 1847, making it Africa's first independent republic.
American Colonization Society
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
Colonization began in 1585 and it became a Royal Colony in 1729.
There are participle adjectives from the verb to colonize, which are colonizing (making colonies) and colonized(refers to regions where a colony is established). The general adjective for the noun colony is colonial.
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.
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.
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They pushed for a separate colony in Africa for coloured freedmen, and they were one of the first abolitionist groups that were supported by many whites as well.
Liberia was settled by freed American slaves in the early 19th century. It was founded as a colony by the American Colonization Society as a place for freed African-Americans to return to Africa.